What Is A Contraction. A contraction is a phase of the business cycle where a country's real gross domestic product (GDP) has declined for two or more consecutive quarters, moving from a peak to a trough. Paige and David discuss contractions and the Principle of Least Effort.
A contraction is a word or phrase that has been shortened by dropping one or more letters and replacing the letters with an apostrophe. People use contractions in both speaking and writing. A contraction is an abbreviated version of a word or words.
They're so common that movies and books often try to make characters seem old-fashioned or strange by having them never use contractions.
For example, "don't" is a contraction that is short for "do not".
For example, instead of saying "I am," many speakers use the contraction "I'm." It has the same meaning, but is a little shorter. Contractions are shortened words that use an apostrophe to combine two words into one. Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted.