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Kenny1999 Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

It's ?

I'm only confident that "It's" is the short form for "It is"

Can it also act as the short form for "It has" or "It was"? I'm not quite sure.

  

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kenny1999 I'm only confident that "It's" is the short form for "It is" It's. I'm kidding. You can't contract a bare "it is" like that.

— Anonymous

  • kenny1999 I'm only confident that "It's" is the short form for "It is" It's.
  • I'm kidding.
  • You can't contract a bare "it is" like that.
  • You can if something follows "is".
  • "It's" is called the contraction of "it is", not the short form.
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kenny1999I'm only confident that "It's" is the short form for "It is"

It's. I'm kidding. You can't contract a bare "it is" like that. You can if something follows "is". "It's" is called the contraction of "it is", not the short form.

kenny1999Can it also act as the short form for "It has"

Yes, with the same limitat

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kenny1999Can it also act as the short form for "It has" or "It was"?

It has is possible, but not it was, at least not in standard English.

It's been said many times.

CB

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