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who will contraction

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who'll /huːl/, contraction of who will. This is a standard, common form.

The apostrophe marks the dropped wi; ll spells /l/ and oo the long vowel /uː/ as in too.

Who'll be at the meeting tomorrow?

Some dictionaries also allow who shall as an expansion.

For variety, dictionaries show the same one-syllable word differently: British entries transcribe who'll as /huːl/, while American entries often give the respelling hool with /hul/. Both point to the same smooth pronunciation, not two different forms.

Watch the spelling trap in the middle: the written ll spells just one sound, /l/, and the oo carries the long vowel /uː/. Nothing is silent here, but the double letters could mislead you into imagining a longer word.

Who'll is normally read as the contraction of who will, and whether an entry also allows who shall underneath, the pronunciation stays /huːl/ either way.

Who'll drive us to the airport? Read the contraction as one quick syllable, /huːl/, gliding straight from the long vowel into the /l/ without a pause.

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who are contraction

Who're /ˈhuː.ɚ/ (US), /ˈhuː.ə(r)/ (UK) is the contracted spelling of who are. Within the contraction, the unstressed *are* is reduced so that only its final /r/ survives in fast speech.

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who had contraction

Who had contracts to who'd, pronounced /huːd/.

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who has as a contraction

who's /huːz/, contraction of who has (also who is), homophone of possessive whose

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what is a contraction for will not

won't /wəʊnt/ (UK), /woʊnt/ (US) is the contraction of 'will not'. Its spelling is irregular: it is not 'willn't'.

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shall not contracted form

**Shan't** is the contraction of **shall not**. It means the same thing, just shortened: *I shan't be late* is a quicker way of saying *I shall not be late*. You'll hear it most often in British English. In American English it's rare, where people usually say *won't* or *will not* instead. A couple of examples in use: * *We shan't stay long.* * *Don't worry, I shan't say a word to anyone.* If you come across it in a British novel or an older text, you can simply read it as *shall not*. Note that there's also an occasional alternative spelling, *sha'n't*, though *shan't* is the standard form.

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would spelling

**would** /wʊd/, also /wəd/ in American English. Spelled w, o, u, l, d. The l is silent: /w/ maps to *w*, /ʊ/ to *o(u)*, /d* to *d*, while the l marks nothing in speech. - *I would love some tea.* /aɪ wʊd lʌv səm tiː/ One spelling trap to watch: the word *wood* is pronounced the same as *would*, so the two are easy to mix up when writing. Remember that *would* has the letter l in the middle, and *wood* does not.