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can a main verb have/has be contracted in written language formal or informal or even very colloquial
Alice's big house
the cars've three wheels
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can a main verb have/has be contracted in written language formal or informal or even very colloquial
Alice's big house
the cars've three wheels
Have and has can be contracted, but not this way.

Alice's house : the house of Alice.

I've got a car.

He's got a hotel.


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