THE ENGLISH APOSTROPHE ( ' )-4

Good morning,

Yesterday we saw that when we make a sentence negative that doesn't have the verb BE in it, we need the auxiliaries DO or HAVE, which often form contractions. Today we will look at one last type of combination that allows us to form written contractions.

Subject pronouns (I, you, he, she, etc.) with the future modal WILL:

I WILL = I'LL
YOU WILL = YOU'LL
HE WILL = HE'LL
SHE WILL = SHE'LL
IT WILL = IT'LL
WE WILL = WE'LL
THEY WILL = THEY'LL

And we of course have the negative equivalents of these combinations:

I WILL NOT = I WON'T
YOU WILL NOT = YOU WON'T
HE WILL NOT = HE WON'T
SHE WILL NOT = SHE WON'T
IT WILL NOT = IT WON'T
WE WILL NOT = WE WON'T
THEY WILL NOT = THEY WON'T

We can also contract some other modal verbs with NOT:

CAN NOT = CAN'T
MUST NOT = MUSTN'T
SHOULD NOT = SHOULDN'T

With today's content, we have covered virtually all the uses of the contractions in English. Now that you are experts, maybe you can answer a question I have had for a long time. In Barcelona there is a chain of fruit shops that are called FRUIT'S. What is the meaning of this name? ;-)

I hope this review of contractions has been helpful. If you have any questions or have theories about what the name of the chain of fruit shops means, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Have a great day!