You can use apostrophes to show that you have omitted (left out) some letters when you are joining words together. For example, you can join the words ‘you’ and ‘are’ together. You + are = you're. The ...

Sometimes we contract groups of words to make them shorter and to make the sentence more efficient. For example 'I am' becomes 'I'm'. They can help us speak a bit faster and more fluently. Conditional ...

Let's look at how we can use contractions using the verb 'to be' correctly. Contractions involve joining two words together — using an apostrophe. They are commonly used in informal written English ...