{"id":1856,"date":"2014-02-24T09:00:32","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T17:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/blog\/?p=1856"},"modified":"2019-04-21T19:43:14","modified_gmt":"2019-04-22T02:43:14","slug":"9-english-contractions-never-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/9-english-contractions-never-use\/","title":{"rendered":"9 English Contractions You Should Never Use and Why"},"content":{"rendered":"

An English contraction occurs when two words combine to make one word\u2014words like “don’t,” “I’ll,” and “let’s.” Contractions are nothing new. In fact, they have been commonly used since 7th<\/sup> century Old English<\/a> when writers still wrote using the runic alphabet.<\/p>\n

Contractions represent a more efficient way to write and to speak. They allow us to convey our thoughts in fewer words. This is helpful considering we live in an era of text messages and 140-character Twitter updates. And, in days long past, before printing presses, English contractions saved writers the pain of writing out every single letter of every single word (Those quill pens must have been a real pain in the hand!).<\/p>\n