{"id":39236,"date":"2020-04-26T05:47:05","date_gmt":"2020-04-26T05:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/?p=39236"},"modified":"2020-04-26T05:47:06","modified_gmt":"2020-04-26T05:47:06","slug":"english-contractions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/english-contractions\/","title":{"rendered":"English: contractions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Self-tutoring about English: the tutor mentions an idea his wife mightn’t appreciate.<\/h2>\n

\nI’ve heard of could’ve…what about couldn’t’ve? I’ve never seen it in print, but why not, in casual writing?<\/p>\n

\nIn formal writing – essays, for instance – I was always told that contractions are forbidden, anyway: you can’t use can’t in an essay. However, I can’t be sure what a creative writing instructor might say.<\/p>\n

I can guess what my wife will say about couldn’t’ve – that I couldn’t’ve pretended she’d be fine with it.<\/p>\nJack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Self-tutoring about English: the tutor mentions an idea his wife mightn’t appreciate. I’ve heard of could’ve…what about couldn’t’ve? I’ve never seen it in print, but why not, in casual writing? In formal writing – essays, for instance – I was …<\/p>\n

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