[James C. Bennett]

"Well, all you have to do is stop typing and the average level of relevancy and wisdom will rise considerably. ("wasn't" is a contraction of two words, "was" and "not", but you probably will argue the point)."

Good Lord! You won't spare any effort to continue embarrassing yourself:

Contractions

A contraction is a single word formed by combining two words. We use an apostrophe to represent missing letters (is not = isn’t). In English, we abbreviate the second word in a contraction. In order to read and write contractions, children must understand the basic concept behind using the apostrophe and know the difference between an apostrophe that indicates an abbreviated word (wasn’t) and an apostrophe that shows possession (Jane’s book). Word meaning is the same whether words are written separately or as contractions.

http://www.education.com/reference/article/structure-complex-words/?page=2

[AndrewC]

Good Lord! You won't spare any effort to continue embarrassing yourself:

Ha! Ha! Ha! Did I say it was not a word? I did say you would argue about it. Hello bass drum.