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Not necessarily. If you are writing a text where you can use contractions, it doesn't mean that you have to. There are good reasons for varying forms- emphasis, etc.
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If I write text and use "it's", then would it be inconsistent or wrong to use "they are" in same text ?
That depends, as TDOL said. I would have to have a reason however, to put both forms in the same sentence.
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Can you explain to me what's the similarities between 2 of them? :( I'm having an essay on this :( Thanx a lot ^^
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