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How to spell she's

hear it/ʃiz/pronounSilent and tricky

What it means: A short form of 'she is'.

In a sentence: She's playing with her toys in the garden.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as shes or she s.

Same family: her, hers, herself, she is, she has. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word "she's" is a contraction formed by combining "she" with "is" or "has." English contractions like this became common in writing in the 17th and 18th centuries to reflect how people spoke in everyday conversation.

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