3. Single-letter Contractions

1. May represent whole words only, and no letters or contractions may be added to form other words.
   

   butt(er)	hav(en)'t	(Er)(in) Go Bra(gh)
   canopy	go(ing)	do, re, me, so
   don't	William	peoples

   
   
2. May be followed by the apostrophe
   1. To form familiar conbinations, but never rare or colloquial forms.
      

      (that)'ll	(you)'re	y(ou)'s
      (can)'t	(you)'ve	d'y(ou)
      (it)'s	(you)'d

      
      
   2. To form possessives.
      

      (Will)'s hat

      (Ed) (More)'s dog

      (can)'s label

      
      
3. May be used with the hyphen
   1. To form hyphenated compound words.
      

      m(er)ry-(go)-r(ound)	self-(knowledge)
      (people)-to-(people)	doll-like

      
      
   2. But may never form parts of words divided at the end of a line or parts of syllabized words.
      

      do- (ing)s

      like- wise

      sopho- more

      un-like-ly can-o-py but-ton

      
      
4. Require the double capital sign when fully capitalized.
   

   (AS) (YOU) (LIKE) (IT)