EXERCISE 3. MAKE EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES MORE CONCISE BY SHORT...

2. It doesn’t matter.

You would probably say:

It doesn’t matter.

In informal conversation, we tend to use contractions. For example, we combine does

with not, forming the contraction doesn’t.

Note that not, the second word in the contraction, loses the letter o, and in place of that

In contractions consisting of a verb plus not, not loses an o.

VERB

+

NOT

=

CONTRACTION LETTER

(

S

)

OMITTED

is + not = isn’t

are + not = aren’t

would + not = wouldn’t

In one case, not loses an n and an o:

can + not = can’t

Finally, learn this irregular (unusual) contraction:

will + not = won’t