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How to spell don't

What it means: A short form of 'do not'.

In a sentence: Don't touch the hot stove! ▶

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as dont or don,t.

Same family: do, doesn’t, didn’t, won’t, can’t. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Don’t” is a contraction of “do not” and has been used in English since at least the 1600s. Contractions like “don’t” became common in spoken English first and later appeared widely in written dialogue to show natural speech.

Patterns it uses: Drop the e before a suffix?

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