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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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rezaa said:
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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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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