Contractions definitely aren't rude to use in informal conversations. It's difficult to say why anyone would change your text on SE network that way, but it definitely isn't usual.
The only reason I can come up with is that if you're not a native speaker or your English isn't good enough, someone was trying to help save your question and dramatically edited your original text while subconsciously replacing all the contractions with no more reason than their own habit.
Answer from Frantisek on Stack ExchangeGCFGlobal
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Grammar: Contractions
I want to... ... A contraction is a word made by shortening and combining two words.
WordReference
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Contraction of "I am" | WordReference Forums
February 3, 2018 - Writing here on this site is not formal writing and as in speech, contraction is optional AND normal. ... If "am" is not emphasised and the writing is informal, use "I'm" If you are recording or imitating what the person actually pronounced ...
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Contractions definitely aren't rude to use in informal conversations. It's difficult to say why anyone would change your text on SE network that way, but it definitely isn't usual.
The only reason I can come up with is that if you're not a native speaker or your English isn't good enough, someone was trying to help save your question and dramatically edited your original text while subconsciously replacing all the contractions with no more reason than their own habit.
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The editor (Nag) of your recent post on Stack Overflow lives in India. In my experience, Indians rarely use contractions, even in informal speech. For formal speech, the difference in use of contractions is even greater between the US and Britain and India. See Table 3.52.
IMHO, the choice of formality/informality, along with other matters of style and voice, should be left to the original poster. "Fixing" their voice to read like yours just ain't right.
Quora
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Is it considered grammatically incorrect to use contractions, such as 'I'm,' instead of the full form, 'I am'? - Quora
Answer (1 of 2): Short answer, no. Longer answer, it depends on when and in which context the contraction is being used. * “I’m going home/I am going home” — both are totally correct, although not using the contraction may sound slightly more formal Not choosing to use a contraction can help m...
Enchanted Learning
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Contractions - Enchanted Learning
March 9, 2006 - A contraction is a shortened form of one or two words (one of which is usually a verb). In a contraction, an apostrophe takes the place of the missing letter or letters. Some contractions are: I’m (I am), can’t (cannot), how’s (how is), ...
Reddit
reddit.com › r/linguistics › why don't we use contractions like "i'm" and "i'd" on their own as a complete sentence? "who's hungry?" "i'm."
r/linguistics on Reddit: Why don't we use contractions like "I'm" and "I'd" on their own as a complete sentence? "Who's hungry?" "I'm."
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I know it sounds silly.
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Have a look at this thread The basic idea is that contractions aren't just shortened versions of words, but are subject to their own grammatical rules.
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Here's the comment I made in a similar thread on this subreddit . The bold rule from Lakoff is the relevant one. The NP-Host Constraint: Auxiliaries may only cliticize onto an NP. Kaisse (1983) That explains why these are bad: * Not [even in New York]'s John considered easy. * Not [for a minute]'s he been happy here. * [That John finally ate]'s making momma happy. * [That we eat a lot]'s been making her miserable. Another rule: If at any point in the syntax, a constituent immediately following be is deleted, then ... be cannot undergo contraction. [so, "I am hungry" has "hungry" deleted, so that makes the contraction bad.] - Lakoff (1970) Wh-movement * I wonder where the party's [e] tonight. * I wonder where John's [e]. * I wonder who that man's [e]. Null VP * You're leaving and he's [e] too. * Either John's left or Bill's [e]. Comparative Subdeletion * There are more researchers than they're [e] teachers. * The table's longer than it's [e] wide. Heavy NP Shift * John's [e] to Mary the best friend in the world. * Mary's [e] after Jane the best athlete on the team. Distributed Nominalization * The decision's [e] to go ahead with it. * Mary's picture's [e] of John in Shirley in Mahopac. -Examples from Kaisse. Kaisse also notes parentheticals are prevent application of this rule (but some theorize parentheticals involve movement, so we can analyze this as above). * John's, I think, eaten dinner already. * John's, Bill said, an excellent writer. * John's, to my knowledge, a good doctor.
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There is no natural/common abbreviation of "I was".
A person speaking with extreme slang, and an affected accent, might say "I's garn down town when I saw dis babe", but usage would be rare.
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"I's" as a contraction of 'I was' is nonstandard and dialectal but nevertheless widely spoken and heard in my neck of the woods (West Country, England). For example,
"I's living in Salisbury before I moved here".
Reddit
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r/EnglishLearning on Reddit: Is "I'mma" a common contraction among English speakers ? Is it used a lot ?
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I want to know if I can always use this in everyday life or not.
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I'mma almost entirely replaces "I'm going to" in some places and only in informal places, but you shouldn't use it unless you are fluent and able to use slang fluently
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Imma is (in my region) AAVE. White speakers are more likely to say something you might spell “umunna”
Facebook
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English contraction rules for "I am" vs. "I will"
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Langeek
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"Contractions" in English Grammar | LanGeek
2 weeks ago - There are contracted forms of some phrases that make a text even more · informal. Here are the most common ones on the list. gonna → going to, wanna → want to, gotta → (have) got to · lemme → let me, gimme → give me, kinda → kind of · ain't → am not/are not/is not, whatcha → what are you
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Consider 'i'm' as one word or two?
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YouTube
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How to pronounce the contractions in English - we'd | they'll | he'd | they're | it'd - YouTube
Learn how to pronounce and use contractions like I'M, WE'D, THEY'LL, WE'RE, THEY'RE, HE'D, IT'D. I will teach you the correct usage and pronunciation of thes...
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Learn English
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Contractions | Learn English
Native speakers usually use contractions especially when speaking. We make contractions by connecting two or more words together. One or more letters are removed from the words when they are connected. I am → I'm →"I'm older than you." I had →I'd → "I'd better do my homework."
University of Nevada, Reno
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Contractions | University Writing & Speaking Center | University of Nevada, Reno
Contractions that take out the first letter of the second word: I’m = I am · They’re = They are · I’d = I had · She’s = She is · How’s = How is · Contractions that take out the second letter of the second word: Note: Contractions that use the word “not” will replace the “o” with an apostrophe (‘).
San Jose State University
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Contractions [pdf]
Contractions, Fall 2011. Rev. Summer 2014. 3 of 3 · Answer Key for Activity 2 · 1. can not, I am · 2. It is · 3. They have, have not · 4. must not · 5. She will, he is · References · Nordquist, Richard. "A List of Standard Contractions in English." About Education.
Scribbr
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Contractions (Grammar) | Definition & Examples
May 2, 2025 - Contractions are words or phrases that have been shortened by omitting one or more letters (e.g., “You’re”).
Grammarly
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What Are Contractions in Writing? Definition and Examples | Grammarly
August 10, 2022 - If the main verb is be, then the ... uses is and isn’t). If the declarative statement uses a main verb other than be, the tag question uses a negative contraction formed with do and not. ... You may have heard some people use contractions like amn’t or ain’t, but these ...
University of Sussex
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Contractions : The Apostrophe
Note in each case that the apostrophe appears precisely in the position of the omitted letters: we write can't, not *ca'nt, and aren't, not *are'nt. Note also that the irregular contraction won't takes its apostrophe between the n and the t, just like all other contractions involving not.
Cambridge Dictionary
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Contractions - English Grammar Today - Cambridge Dictionary
We use contractions (I’m, we’re) in everyday speech and informal writing. Contractions, which are sometimes called ‘short forms’, commonly combine a pronoun or noun and a verb, or a verb and not, in a shorter form.
Stack Exchange
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contraction vs full form - appropriate usage of I am / I'm - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
September 27, 2015 - I.e, there should be a stressed verb in every clause, and you can't stress contracted auxiliary verbs. Contrariwise, I am is very rare outside this and similarly specialized situations; normally one says I'm, you're, he's, she's, we're, they're whenever possible.