Contractions

De Linuxmemo.

Version du 21 septembre 2012 à 13:31

BE

HAVE

DO

WILL

SHOULD

WOULD

    she would     she'd                  she would not             she wouldn't               would she not?              wouldn't she?
     she would have   she would've        she would not have   she wouldn't have     would she not have?    wouldn't she have?

CAN

                                                             I cannot                    I can't                            can I not?                        can't I?

COULD

                                                     I could not               I couldn't                        could I not ?                    couldn't I?

MUST

                                                          I must not               I mustn't                        must I not?                      mustn't I?

ATTENTION
       Certaines contractions ont deux sens:
         1.    He'd peut être    he had    ou   he would   cela dépend du reste de la phrase
                    They'd like to go to the park   (conditionnel: they would like...     ils aimeraient...)
                    We'd finished dinner before they arrived   (past perfect: we had finished dinner...)
         2.    she's  peut être   she is    ou    she has
                   she's got two sisters    ( she has got two sisters)
                   she's twelve years old    (she is twelve years old)
   remarques:
   a)    La contraction   's   ne s'emploie pas uniquement avec des pronoms personnels.
      Elle peut être utilisée avec des noms communs, des noms propres, les mots  interrogatifs, here, there
        * The train's late          * Mummy's in the kitchen        * Bob's arrived  (has)
        * Where's my book?      * Who 's eaten my porridge? (has)     * Here 's your jacket     * There's a dog in the garden
   b)  dans certains cas il y a deux contractions possibles.
         He is not:            he's not    ou     he isn't  
        They are not:      they're not    ou   they aren't
            mais on ne mettra pas les deux contractions en même temps:    they'ren't 
    c) à la forme affirmative on ne met pas de contraction lorsque l'auxiliaire est en fin de phrase.
         * Are you ready?   Yes we are    et non we're       *  You are late!  Yes I am     (I'm)
    d) forme interro-négative
        dans la forme non contractée not est placé après le sujet
         Doesn't he sing?           Does he not sing?

   Ces contractions s'emploient dans le langage parlé ou pour écrire à des amis.
   Dans les autres cas on ne les utilise pas.

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