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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

using contractions with nouns

is it grammatically correct to write:
the deadline's approaching

instead of:
the deadline is approaching
  

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Yes, but you need a capital letter and a period.

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Yes, but you need a capital letter and a period.
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Anonymousis it grammatically correct to write:the deadline's approaching
It's more a matter of convention than of grammar when we talk about writing. Some people who use contractions in speech in all but the most formal situations still find written contractions too 'informal'.
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