On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 07:35:25 GMT, sf >
scribbled some thoughts:
>On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 22:15:41 -0500, Andrew H. Carter
> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 21:06:04 -0600, "jmcquown"
>> > scribbled some thoughts:
>>
>>
>> >ea. isn't a contraction, it's an abbreviation for "each". As a netcop, I
>> >figured you warranted a warning 
>>
>>
>> Technically: yes, loosely: no, a contraction is the
>> shortening of a word by omission of a sound "ch" or letter.
>
>Where's the apostrophe? There is alwasys a period after ea.
>
ea abbreviation
each
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con付rac付ion \ken-"trak-shen\ noun (15c)
1 a : the action or process of contracting : the state
of being contracted
b : the shortening and thickening of a functioning muscle or
muscle fiber
c : a reduction in business activity or growth
2 : a shortening of a word, syllable, or word group by
omission of a sound or letter; also : a form produced by
such shortening
con付rac付ion病l \-shnel, -she-nel\ adjective
con付rac付ive \ken-"trak-tiv, "kan-'\ adjective
con付rac付ion病ry \ken-"trak-she-'ner-e\ adjective
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Incorporated. All rights reserved.
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