Talk:Contraction
Count the letters
[change source]There are six letters in "can not". There are four letters in "can't". Now how many letters does that mean we've taken away? I suppose I'll go back and 'fix' this to say an 'n' and an 'o' were dropped, after this has ripened a bit. (sigh) Oooo, maybe I should just find an even better example of a contraction?