The old 50’s song, “If I Knew You Were Coming” (I’d’ve Baked a Cake) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss941vaoe_A) started me thinking about contractions, and how I can’t imagine life without them. I mean, I cannot. Consider never using another contraction again. This is easier to do when writing, much harder to do when speaking. Talking gets clunky when we take out the contracted verbs and negatives.
Singing does too:
. . . I would have baked a cake, I would have baked a cake, I would have baked a cake . . .
Contractions are they’re good, especially lovely double ones like “I’d’ve”. And the song ain’t all that bad either.
Made for Eternity 