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Elision

apostrophe and form a contraction.

Elision can occur on both the orthographic and the phonetic level.

Examples

• French
  • L'avion décolle: If a singular noun beginning with a vowel is used with the definite article ('le' or 'la'), the 'e' or 'a' is elided.
• English
  • it's: It is or it has.
    • As distinct from the possessive its meaning 'belonging to it'.
  • you're: you are.
  • B'ham: Birmingham, pronounced bee-ham.
  • [wenzdei]: Wednesday.