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How to spell we're

What it means: A contraction of 'we are'.

In a sentence: We're going to the park today! ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear. Often misspelled as were or where.

Sounds like, but is not: were, where. Same sound, different spelling and meaning.

Same family: we, are, we'll, we'd, we've. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word "we're" is a contraction formed by shortening "we are" and replacing the missing letter with an apostrophe. Contractions like "we're" became common in spoken English first and then gradually became accepted in written English, especially in informal and conversational styles.

Patterns it uses: The unstressed vowel (schwa)

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