Assertion: contraction | /r/ObjectUse | used in speech
Facets:
value: commonly
type: TEMPORAL
value: mostly
type: DEGREE
value: in informal writing
type: OTHER
value: during the early 17th century
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Contractions are commonly used in speech (or written dialogue), informal forms of writing, and where space is at a premium, such as in advertising.
text: These contractions are commonly used in speech and in informal writing, though tend to be avoided in more formal writing (with limited exceptions, such as the mandatory form of "o'clock").
text: Contractions were first used in speech during the early 17th century and in writing during the mid 17th century when not lost its stress and tone and formed the contraction -n't.
text: Contractions are used mostly in speech and informal writing, and most teachers discourage their use in academic essays.