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Some acronyms are formed by contraction; these are covered at Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Abbreviations. Some trademarks (e.g. Nabisco) and titles of published works (e.g. “Ain't That a Shame”) consist of or contain contractions; these are covered at Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Trademarks and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Titles, respectively.
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Missing letters are replaced by an apostrophe in most multiple-word contractions. Contractions such as aren't should not be used in Wikipedia, except in quoted material; use the full wording (e.g., are not) instead. The contraction o'clock is an exception, as it is standard in all registers of writing.
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The page should separate the items into common contractions, slang/regional/archaic, and uncommon/improper. People looking this stuff up "ought'nt've" to get a list of gibberish just because "someone'd" decide to combine all possible suffixes. 174.20.45.107 01:10, 16 September 2016 (UTC)
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