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This is an extremely common contraction* which is even used in speech when it's not contracted in writing. In other words, when reading aloud, most people will read "He is all I have" as He's all I have because it sounds more natural and has a better rhythm.
This is an extremely common contraction* which is even used in speech when it's not contracted in writing. In other words, when reading aloud, most people will read "He is all I have" as He's all I have because it sounds more natural and has a better rhythm.
It stands for:
It stands for:
⦿ is when followed by a predicate:
⦿ is when followed by a predicate:
he's a doctor
he's a doctor
she's here
she's here
who's in the kitchen
who's in the kitchen
there's sugar
there's sugar
⦿ has when followed by a past participle:
⦿ has when followed by a past participle:
he's been there
he's been there
she's spoken to me about it
she's spoken to me about it
anyone, who's given money
anyone, who's given money
⦿ does only after interrogative words in questions** like How's it feel? meaning How does it feel? and Why's he do this? meaning Why does he do this?
⦿ does only after interrogative words in questions** like How's it feel? meaning How does it feel? and Why's he do this? meaning Why does he do this?
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*The forms -'s and -s' are also added to nouns to show POSSESSION, but we won't treat them here because these are suffixes, not contractions.**Note that this is normally a spoken contraction and not a standard written contraction. Even though you'll see it in chats and comments, it's a reflection of how people speak and not an accepted contraction to be used in any kind of formal or even informal writing unless it's in a dialog of some sort.it's vs its
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Be careful to distinguish it's meaning it is or it has from the possessive form its = belonging to it:
⦿ It's raining cats and dogs.
⦿ It's raining cats and dogs.
⦿ It's taken three weeks to paint this.
⦿ It's taken three weeks to paint this.
⦿ A dog always knows its owner's voice.
⦿ A dog always knows its owner's voice.
who's vs whose
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The contraction who's is used for who has and who is, whereas whose is the possessive form of who:
⦿ Who's in the house?
⦿ Who's in the house?
⦿ Who's bought the house?
⦿ Who's bought the house?
⦿ Whose house is this?
⦿ Whose house is this?