Grammar Q, need answer kinda fast-ish

How to I contract it has? As in: it has been ages since I roasted a chicken.

I know for -it is- I use it’s, and I know to leave out the ’ for the posessive :slight_smile:

but evil Word is greenlining it’s.

Help a homey out?

It’s it’s.

It’s is fine for it has.

Wow, three minutes. Thanks!

Yeah, I use “it’s” for “it has” all of the time. The meaning is usually understood in context.

Oh great, now I’m jonesing for an It’s It. :smiley:

I know this answer could sound unlikely , but in answer to your question, the contraction for the words , it has, is the same as the contraction for the words, it is. Both are it’s.

The english language is indeed a strange language, even though it is my native toungue. here are a few more grammer tips. If I were to guess , you are not a native to the English language. Buy hey, dont feel bad. I am not a native to the Spanish speaking language for instance, and I know different words have different meanings.

ok, here are the additional grammar tips I promised. The contraction for will not is Won’t
the contraction for can not is can’t

and the contraction for shall not is :)won’t. I just threw that one in , in case you are a prim and proper lady who says,
I shall not go to the opera tonight , but I shall go tomorrow

( not many proper ladies in my area, but I have heard new yorkers and easterners ( US. country) talk. Don’t say Shan’t, ok?

I liked the question by the way. I dont care where you are from. we are all people.:slight_smile:

Native Californian here, but I guess that doesn’t necessarily mean English was my fist language.

Thanks for all the help, y’all rock.

Why not? Granted “shall” is not that commonly used in American English but it is still appropriate. If you are the sort of person who uses “shall” in your otherwise typical American speech, while “won’t” may sound more natural, “shan’t” is the appropriate negative contraction.

Because, while shall still has some limited use, shan’t really doesn’t. You just come off as someone with anachronistic speech.

No, I have no cite, but you don’t either.