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This page is not one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the community Explanatory essay about the Wikipedia:Manual of Style guideline This is a list of contractions used in the Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Abbreviations ; these are to be avoided anywhere other than in direct quotations in encyclopedic prose.
A contraction is a shortened version of the spoken and written forms of a word, syllable, or word group, created by omission of internal letters and sounds.. In linguistic analysis, contractions should not be confused with crasis, abbreviations and initialisms (including acronyms), with which they share some semantic and phonetic functions, though all three are connoted by the term ...
Won't is a contraction for "will not", while wont is a word meaning "accustomed" or "inclined to" (as an adjective) or "habit or custom" (as a noun). Standard: He won't let me drive his car. Standard: He spent the morning reading, as he was wont to do. Standard: He took a walk in the evening, as was his wont.
As for whether y'all'dn't've is a real contraction, the closest thing I've heard to it is the slurring of "You wouldn't've" at the beginning of a sentence. I think y'all'dn't've would make no sense if spoken as it lacks the wou sound, and so ends up sounding like ya'll didn't've which is not a valid contraction. "Didn't have" works, but "didn't ...
Poetic contractions are contractions of words found in poetry but not commonly used in everyday modern English. Also known as elision or syncope , these contractions are usually used to lower the number of syllables in a particular word in order to adhere to the meter of a composition. [ 1 ]
The first English grammar, Bref Grammar for English by William Bullokar, published in 1586, does not use the term "auxiliary" but says: All other verbs are called verbs-neuters-un-perfect because they require the infinitive mood of another verb to express their signification of meaning perfectly: and be these, may, can, might or mought, could, would, should, must, ought, and sometimes, will ...
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Han't or ha'n't, an early contraction for has not and have not, developed from eliding the "s" of has not and the "v" of have not. [6] Han't appeared in the work of English Restoration playwrights, [6] as in The Country Wife (1675) by William Wycherley: Gentlemen and Ladies, han't you all heard the late sad report / of poor Mr. Horner. [12]