Hi, I'm Georgiana, your English teacher.

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Before we start, visit my website, speak Englishpodcast.com, and subscribe to my free mini-course. Okay, let's start. In this episode,

I'd like to help you to understand how to use words like Ghana, Wana,

Gator, and similar.

Later, a point-of-view story, to practice your English grammar,

and consolidate the information that I'll be teaching in the first part.

Let's get started.

Are you confused about how and when to use words like Ghana, wanta, and Gauter?

We refer to these kind of words as contractions.

What's a contraction?

A contraction is created when two words in a row come together and become one for example I'm is short for I am it's is short

for it is don't is short for it is.

Don't is short for do not.

And won't is short for will not.

These are some of the contractions which are accepted as grammatically correct and are taught in all English courses.

However, in this lesson, I'll focus on the informal contractions.

These are not taught in grammar books, because their use is mostly colloquial.

For example, if you say going to really fast, you can shorten it to Ghana by dropping the final sound.

If you say want to really fast, it shortens to wanna. These are informal contractions.

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