Thread: Are contractions hard for readers if English isn't their first language?
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Old 01-04-2011, 12:43 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by bhartman36 View Post
I tend to be even more informal than that in my dialogue writing. I've been known to use contractions like "I'd've" and "wouldn't've".
Yes, I've seen this in novels quite a bit, though usually only in dialogue.
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