<DIV>'s is also a contraction for "has".</DIV>
<DIV>i..e "It's been proven"</DIV>
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<DIV>"He's" could be "He is" or "He has" depending on context.</DIV>
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<DIV>I'd say keep the contractions in - less words to read.</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><BR><B><I>Tim Maher <tim@consultix-inc.com></I></B> wrote:</P>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Dudes,<BR><BR>I'm getting complaints from some early reviewers of my book<BR>about all the "contractions" I'm using in my writing!<BR>So last night I set out to write a Perl script to make changes<BR>like the following:<BR><BR>That's => That is<BR>He's => He is<BR>They're => They are<BR>We're => We are<BR><BR>Then I realized that the 's ending usually needs replacement by<BR>"is", so I tried<BR><BR>"'s" => ' is'<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><p><hr SIZE=1>
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