Negative Contractions
Notes
With the verb "to be", two negative forms are possible -
we aren't or we're not etc.
In questions, am not is contracted to aren't,
for example: I'm late, aren't I?
Other Contractions >
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| Short form |
Long form |
| aren't |
are not |
| can't |
cannot, can not |
| couldn't |
could not |
| daren't |
dare not |
| didn't |
did not |
| doesn't |
does not |
| don't |
do not |
| hasn't |
has not |
| haven't |
have not |
| hadn't |
had not |
| isn't |
is not |
| mayn't |
may not |
| mightn't |
might not |
| mustn't |
must not |
| needn't |
need not |
| oughtn't |
ought not |
| shan't |
shall not |
| shouldn't |
should not |
| wasn't |
was not |
| weren't |
were not |
| won't |
will not |
| wouldn't |
would not |
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