a) I don't have sufficient time to practice. b) I've reached the limits of my time to practice, it's finished.
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DollPeaceblinkfriend
"It's" here is short for "it has", right?
Yes.
YankeeI've never noticed anyone contract it + was.I haven't either. Let's give it a try:
YankeeThat contraction sounds alien to me, too.Let me qualify the "was" part, at least that was what I had come across in some contexts. I believed "it's finished" could be interpreted as "it was finished" at least in wirtten form.