ontractions of ‘will’and ‘would’ will 和would的缩写形式
●非正式英语常把will和would缩写成‘II和’d, 但在书面语里这种形式只能跟在人称代词后面。
They will help you "They’ll help you.
I would love to visit you. "I’d love to visit you.
主语不是人称代词时，will和would 不能用缩略形式。
MY car will be ready soon.
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在口语里，可以把car will和Rome would读成car’ll(/k'A:rl)和Rome’d (r'oumEd),但绝对不能把它们写成car’ll和Rome’d.
●I’ll和d不能用在句末。
Will you go there? –Yes, I’ll go tomorrow.
Will you go there? –Yes, I will. –Yes, I’ll(X).
Contractions of ‘not’ not的缩略形式
not 在be, have 以及其他助动词后面可以缩写成n’t, 特别是在口语和非正式的书面里可以这样。
I don’t believe you.我不"shall相信你。
She hasn’t said anything about it. 她什么也没说。
They couldn’t have got here on time.
他们不能准时到达这里。
下列是可以使用的缩略形式。
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are not "aren’t can not "can’t
is not "isn’t could not "couldn’t
was not "wasn’t will not "won’t
were not " weren’t would not "wouldn’t
has not "hasn’t shall "shan’t
have not "haven’t should not"should n’t
has not "hadn’t shall not "shan’t
have not "haven’t should not"shouldn’t
had not "hadn’t ought not "oughtn’t
did n’t "did n’t might not "mightn’t
does not "doesn’t must not "mustn’t
do not "don’t need not "needn’t
dare not "daren’t |
●当主语和动词已经以缩写形式连在一起的时候，not 就不能缩写成n’t.
例如，they have not可以缩写成they’ve not 或者they have’t 介不能缩写成thedy’ven’t
●不要把I am not缩写成I amn’t, 而要缩写成I’m not.
●疑问句里通常把am I not缩写成aren’t I. I’m your favourite son, aren’t I? 我是你最宠爱的儿子，不是吗？
●否定疑问句通常把not缩写成n’t，加在疑问句开头的动词后。
Haven’t they completed the work yet?他们还没有完成这项工作吗？
Wheren’t they properly prepared?他们还没有准备好吗？
在郑重的英语（书面语或口语）里，否定疑问句里的not要放在主语后。
Have they not completed the work yet? Where they not properly prepared?
