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In all these cases the apostrophe stands for the separating space, plus the "a" in "are". | In all these cases the apostrophe stands for the separating space, plus the "a" in "are". | ||
However, with negative contractions, the apostrophe '''never''' takes the place of the space at all. '''Isn't''' is a contraction of '''is not''', with the apostrophe ''only'' contracting the letter '''O''' | However, with negative contractions, the apostrophe '''never''' takes the place of the space at all. '''Isn't''' is a contraction of '''is not''', with the apostrophe ''only'' contracting the letter '''O'''. | ||
This is also seen in: '''shouldn't''', '''couldn't''', '''wouldn't''' and '''needn't''' — contractions of '''should not''', '''could not''', '''would not''' and '''need not'''. | |||
====Examples of usage==== | ====Examples of usage==== | ||