Answer: Using Contractions Outside of Dialogue

[mab_browne]

shiawaseiro asked: Is it acceptable to use contractions outside of dialogue?

My first thought was that I sure hope so because otherwise I've been doing it wrong for a while now.

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[snailbones]

Ooh! It's you! ::waves:: *g*

Thanks for this - it's something that came up at work a couple of weeks ago, so your links are especially useful.

[mab_browne]

Yup, it's me. :-)::waves back:: Glad to be of assistance.

[campylobacter]

Cool! I don't feel so abnormally casual about contractions anymore.

My natural tendency to use contractions in 3rd person narration used to worry me so much about form that I'd convert an entire story to 1st person to justify them.

[mab_browne]

Thank you. :-) I'm so used to naturally eliding as I read that some full forms will knock me out of the reading groove. Different strokes, etc.

[shiawaseiro]

Thanks for answering my question! ^^