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Hanna R Posted 4 years ago
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Contractions

Do you need to use contractions in conversations, and does it has to be consistent?


“Son, these are your siblings.

I will love them like I have loved you.

Truly made in our image.

Now our family is complete.

And we will continue to grow as we’ll enable them to increase.”

  

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Hanna R Do you need to use contractions in conversations No. If you don't use contractions, you will be understood. But it will also be obvious to everyone that you are a foreigner who is still struggling with the problems of speaking English.

  • Hanna R Do you need to use contractions in conversations No.
  • If you don't use contractions, you will be understood.
  • But it will also be obvious to everyone that you are a foreigner who is still struggling with the problems of speaking English.
  • Hanna R does it has have to be consistent?
  • The best advice we can give is to use contractions in conversation whenever possible.
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Hanna RDo you need to use contractions in conversations

No. If you don't use contractions, you will be understood. But it will also be obvious to everyone that you are a foreigner who is still struggling with the problems of speaking English.

Hanna Rdoes it has have t
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Hanna RDo you need to use contractions in conversations

I remember on the TV series "Star Trek" there was a robot named Data. He could speak perfect English, but for some reason, his AI software could not vocalize contractions. He understood them when the humans talked to him, but could not speak them.

It made him definitely segregated from the human

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