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| "Reductions are
common in natural speech. Written reduced forms in advertisements, songs, personal writing, reflect natural spoken language. They are not standard written English." |
| Reduced Form "to" | Standard Written Form |
| gotta | got to |
| hafta | have to |
| hasta | has to |
| oughta | ought to |
| wanna | want to |
| gonna | going to |
| Reduced Form "of" | Standard Written Form |
| kinda | kind of |
| kinsa | kinds of |
| lotta | lot of |
| lotsa | lots of |
| Reduced Form "have" | Standard Written Form |
| coulda | could have |
| shoulda | should have |
| woulda | would have |
| mighta | might have |
| musta | must have |
| Reduced Form "you" | Standard Written Form |
| getcha | get you |
| gotcha | got you |
| betcha | bet you |
| doncha | don't you |
| Waddaya | What are you...? |
| Waddaya | What do you...? |
| Reduced Form "don't" | Standard Written Form |
| I donno | I don't know |
| I dunno | I don't know |
| Reduced Form "me" | Standard Written Form |
| gimme | give me |
| lemme | let me |
| Reduced Form | Standard Written Form |
| comin | coming |
| fella | fellow |
| 'round | around |
| drivin | driving |