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Contractions in informal speech
Jayho
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Contractions in informal speech
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Hello
I am designing a cloze activity on an Aussie football song and it has �em all the way through it, meaning them.
I �m not sure, but is this theoretically classified as a contraction for informal spoken speech or is it something else. Is there anyone who is an expert in this area?
e.g. In there and at �em, don �t let �em in
Thanks
Cheers
Jayho |
20 Aug 2009
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anitarobi
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I �m not an expert, but I googled several linguistic articles, and everybody calls it CONTRACTION (but a colloquial, informal one)... If anyone is a linguist, they �ll come and speak up, I �m sure... |
20 Aug 2009
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