Pengertian Contraction
Contraction adalah kata atau satu set angka yang satu atau lebih huruf atau angkanya telah dihilangkan.
Contoh Contraction
Kata yang berupa contraction merupakan gabungan dari dua kata, sedangkan untuk set angka umumnya merupakan tahun. Beberapa contoh contraction adalah sebagai berikut.
- I’m = I am
- isn’t = is not
- who’s = who is
- it’s = it is, it has
- can’t = can not
- don’t = do not
- doesn’t = does not
- didn’t = did not
- haven’t = have not
- won’t = will not
- would’ve = would have
- they’d = they had, they would
- let’s = let us
- you’re = you are
- he’ll = he will
- ’70 = 1970
Contoh Kalimat Contraction dan Artinya
- Who’s the winner?
(Siapa pemenangnya?) - I’m the one who will graduate next month.
(Saya satu-satunya yang akan lulus bulan depan.) - You haven’t paid your debt yet.
(Kamu belum membayar hutangmu.) - The new worker didn’t work well yesterday.
(Karyawan baru tersebut tidak bekerja dengan baik kemarin.) - They won’t come late, will they?
(Mereka tidak akan datang terlambat kan?) - If you had remembered to invite me, I would’ve attended your party.
(Jika kamu ingat mengundang saya, saya menghadiri pestamu.)
Lihat juga:
References:
- Contractions. http://www.kentlaw.edu/academics/lrw/grinker/LwtaContractions.htm. Accessed on March 26, 2013.
- The Apostrophe. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/621/01/. Accessed on March 26, 2012.
- Possessives, Contractions, and the Apostrophe. http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb/possessive.html. Accessed on March 26, 2012.
- Self Teaching Unit: Apostrophes. http://www.towson.edu/ows/moduleAPOS.htm. Accessed on March 26, 2013.