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Elision
An elision is the omission of a letter or a syllable in a word or phrase producing a more easily pronounced result. In some instances, the omitted letters are replaced by an apostrophe and form a contraction.
Elision can occur on both the orthographic and the phonetic level.
Examples
- French
- L'avion décolle: A masuline noun is normally preceded by the indefinite article 'le', but if the word begins by a vowel, the 'e' of the article is elided.
- English
- it's: It is or it has.
- As distinct from the possessive its meaning 'belonging to it'.
- you're: you are.
- B'ham: Birmingham, pronounced bee-ham.
- [wenzdei]: Wednesday.
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