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Can I use the contraction after a proper noun? Please look at this sentence.

Anu'd been living with her parents and two elder brothers. [For Informal Context]

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We can certainly use a contraction after a proper noun. "John's gone away", for example, is fine in informal use.

Have and had are a bit more problematic, I think. We would certainly elide "Anu had been living..." in speech, but it looks odd in writing unless you are consciously reproducing very informal speech in a story or play.

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  • "... unless you are consciously reproducing very informal speech in a story or play." I absolutely concur.
    – RobJarvis
    Commented Jul 15, 2020 at 13:00

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