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A contraction is a shortened version of the written and spoken forms of a word, syllable, or word group, created by omission of internal letters.

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Why/When need some kind of short spelling or pronunciation?

In regular usage, nowadays we use short spellings of words in speaking or writing. For example: They are in the cinema. => They're in the cinema. We have been waiting for me. => We've been waiting …
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