RULE XV — FINAL-LETTER CONTRACTIONS
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Dots 4-6 Contractions |
| Sign | Letters |
| Sign | Letters |
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Sign | Letters |
| .d | ound | | .n | sion | | .t | ount |
| .e | ance | | .s | less | | | |
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Dots 5-6 Contractions |
| Sign | Letters |
| Sign | Letters |
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Sign | Letters |
| ;e | ence | | ;l | ful | | ;t | ment |
| ;g | ong | | ;n | tion | | ;y | ity |
| | | ;s | ness | | | |
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Dots 6 Contractions |
| Sign | Letters |
| Sign | Letters |
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| ,n | ation | | ,y | ally | | | |
46. Final-letter contractions should be used in the middle or at the end of a word, or at the beginning of a line in a divided word. They may never begin a word nor be used alone as a whole word, nor should they be used when preceded by the hyphen or the apostrophe. Ex:
grey'ound grey'\nd 'Tion! ',tion6
con-sti-tu-tion con-/i-tu-tion
useless- use.s-
ness ;s
Examples
| Used
| Not Used
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| ound | found | 'ounds |
| .d | f.d | '\nds
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| foundry
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| f.dry |
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| ance | chancellor | ancestor
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.e * | .ellor | ance/or
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| Frances |
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| ,fr.es |
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| sion | confusion | Sion |
| .n | 3fu.n | ,sion
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| expressionless |
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| expres.n.s |
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| less | blessing | less |
| .s | b.s+ | less
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| careless | lessee |
| c>e.s | lessee
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| unless | lesson |
| un.s | lesson
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| unlessoned |
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| unlesson$ |
| ount | country | Rountree |
| .t | c.try | ,r\ntree
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| county |
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| c.ty
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| amount |
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| am.t |
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| ence | fences | encephalitis |
| ;e | f;es | 5cephalitis |
| commencement |
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| -m;e;t
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| thence |
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| ?;e
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| (See §a. below.) |
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| ong | mongrel | congruous |
| ;g | m;grel | 3gru\s
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| pongee | incongruous |
| p;gee | 9congru\s
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| tongue |
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| t;gue |
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| ful | carefully | fully |
| ;l | c>e;lly | fully
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| cheerful | fulfill |
| *e];l | fulfill
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| unfulfilled |
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| unfulfill$ |
| tion | diction | — |
| ;n | dic;n |
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| fractional |
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| frac;nal |
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| ness | finesse | Nesselrode |
| ;s | fi;se | ,nesselrode
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| business | (See §b. below.) |
| busi;s
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| Tennessee |
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| ,t5;see |
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| (See §b. below.) |
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| ment | memento | ment |
| ;t | me;to | m5tal
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| comment |
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| -;t |
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| ity | pity | hoity-toity |
| ;y | p;y | hoity-toity
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| deity | (See §c. below.) |
| de;y
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| ation | (See §d. below.) | (See §d. below.) |
| ,n |
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| ally | rallying | ally |
| ,y | r,y+ | ally
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| usually | re-ally |
| usu,y | re-ally
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| really | (See §c. below.) |
| re,y |
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Exceptions
a. The contraction "ence" should be used when followed by "d" or "r." Ex:
commenced -m;ed
silencer sil;er
Spencer ,sp;er
b. The contraction "ness" should be used in such easily read words as:
baroness b>o;s
governess gov];s
lioness lio;s
but not where the root word ends in "en" or "in." Ex:
chieftainess *iefta9ess
citizeness citiz5ess
XV-6 RULE XV. 46.c.
c. The contractions "ity" and "ally" should not be used where "y" has been added to a base word. Ex:
fruity fruity squally squally
d. The contraction "ation" should be used in preference to the letter "a" and the contraction "tion." Ex:
education $uc,n stationary /,n>y
ration r,n
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