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Thyme Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Do not/don't; it is/it's; it is not/ it isn't

Hello,
Is it OK for formal communication/research article to use contracted forms like "don't"?
Thank you.
  

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Thyme Is it OK for formal communication/research article to use contracted forms like "don't"? Not usually. No.

— CalifJim

  • Thyme Is it OK for formal communication/research article to use contracted forms like "don't"?
  • Not usually.
  • No.
  • Of course you can use them in quoted material.
  • Don't change anything that you are quoting.
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ThymeIs it OK for formal communication/research article to use contracted forms like "don't"?
Not usually. No.

Of course you can use them in quoted material. Don't change anything that you are quoting.

CJ
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