Contracted form/Will

Contracted form/Will
Message from robip posted on 22-12-2013 at 18:30:54 (D | E | F)
Hello everybody.
I need you help!

Can I use the contracted form of "will" after names and nouns?
I know that after subject pronouns it is possible and you can also use "there'll" and "that'll" but what about after a name as Mark or a noun like people?
People'll
Mark'll
Thanks in advance for you answers.

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Edited by lucile83 on 22-12-2013 20:37

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Re: Contracted form/Will from lucile83, posted on 22-12-2013 at 21:49:14 (D | E)
Hello,

I would not say People'll or Mark'll
I'd say:
People will...
Mark will...

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Edited by lucile83 on 23-12-2013 09:15
As said below it can be used when you speak very fast,and you'll hear that mostly in American English. Sorry but I don't consider it is good English.

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Re: Contracted form/Will from friendlyricain, posted on 23-12-2013 at 08:17:01 (D | E)
Hello,

It's actually quite common to do this when speaking fast. I imagine that it might be quite hard to catch sometimes for a non native English speaker.
You won't see it in written English very much if at all, but yes, this is something you'd hear often in everyday speech.
source: american

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Edited by friendlyricain on 23-12-2013 08:18

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Edited by lucile83 on 23-12-2013 09:12

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Re: Contracted form/Will from violet91, posted on 23-12-2013 at 13:30:36 (D | E)
Hello é ciao ,

'Cave canem ' as Petrone said ! Beware of the dog !..and good English !
I definitely also consider ' Mark 'll ' would be barbaric in English .
Even if you heard it in a low levelled conversation ( I can't imagine it in UK and Ireland , even in proper American English ones ) , you would transcribe it like that [ mkl] .
It is what everybody teaching calls a weak form . The same as in : it' ll , that 'll , what' ll , there 'll ...then ,you can hear two syllables : a stressed one and attached closely to it , a very short and weak one ( sounding as if it were 'swallowed') = Oo .
You are expected to be taught , to learn and use the language first as it is , in its pure form , not as slang, speed and unsuitable manners mutilate it .
You do not need half a second to utter : Mark will . It is English .

Have a merry Christmas !

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Re: Contracted form/Will from carr30, posted on 29-12-2013 at 16:52:56 (D | E)
Hello

This is a very lazy contraction but it is heard quite commonly. The BBC used to show a program that they called 'Jim'll Fix It' Link

It pops up again here Link

It really is very lazy and best avoided.

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Re: Contracted form/Will from lucile83, posted on 29-12-2013 at 18:09:23 (D | E)
Hello carr30,

Please avoid taking TV series or soap operas as examples! even if they are broadcast by the BBC.
That kind of language exists of course, as it does in French, but it is definitely not correct.

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Re: Contracted form/Will from cathy1987, posted on 30-12-2013 at 14:52:42 (D | E)
Hello,
The abbreviation of tense is only used after the pronouns, like, we, they, he,and so on, but not for the nouns, like names. It's only my idea, but hope it's helpful to you.

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