Assertion: contraction | /r/HasProperty | shortened
Facets:
value: by removal of syllables
type: MANNER
value: generally
type: DEGREE
value: by dropping one or more letters
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: A contraction is a word or phrase that has been shortened by dropping one or more letters.
text: A simple way to explain it is to say that a contraction is “a shorter way to say two words.
text: The contraction "I'd" is a shortened form of "I had" or "I would".
text: A contraction is a shortened word that combines two other words.
text: A contraction is a shortening of two words, such as "can't", "won't", and "don't".
text: Generally, contraction is the shortening of a length in materials, as may be caused by a decrease in temperature.
text: The way I've always learned it, or at least reverse logiced, is that a contraction is the shortening of one word by removal of syllables, for example, "o'er" (over), or occasionally just a hard consonant (had -> ha'), usually for meter.
text: First, children learn that a contraction is a shortened form of two words (e.g. “do not” becomes the contraction “don’t”), and apostrophes take the place of the omitted letter.