A contraction is a shortened version of the written and spoken forms of a word, syllable, or word group, created by omission of internal letters. In traditional grammar, contraction can denote the formation of a new word from one word or a group of words, for example, by elision. This often occurs in rendering a common sequence of words or, as in French, in maintaining a flowing sound.
In strict analysis, contractions should not be confused with abbreviations or acronyms (including initialisms), with which they share some semantic and phonetic functions, though all three are connoted by the term "abbreviation" in loose parlance. Contraction is also distinguished from clipping, where beginnings and endings are omitted.
An informal type of contraction occurs frequently in speech and writing, in which a syllable is substituted by an apostrophe and/or other mode of elision, e.g., can't for "cannot", won't for "will not". Such contractions are often either negations with not or combinations of pronouns with auxiliary verbs, e.g., I'll for "I will". At least one study has sought to analyze the category of negative informal contractions as the attachment of an inflectional suffix, for example, due to the existence of irregular forms and the fact that "n't" moves with the verb during inversion for questions rather than staying in the same place as the full word "not" would.[citation needed]
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Busted
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Let's Play
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Busted
One day you'll see
Your cheating ways are gonna turn around
on you......
You are busted and you can't be trusted,baby
Come on Come on, yeah yeah
Come on Come on, ID
Come on Come on, oh yay
Come on Come on, yeah yeah
Come on Come on, ID
oh, oh, baby
Last night I was feelin' low
Cause of what I heard on the telephone
You said you were stayin' home
So,what was I to do? (What was I to do?)
Is it cool if I come by
But you said don't even try
I can sense it in your voice
You have things to hide
What do you think you're doing,
Playing these games on me
Unfaithfull lady, you lost your chance with me
Busted, that's the end
You're never gonna see my face again
There's only one thing left for me to do
And that's to break it up and call it quits with you.
Busted, through and through
Go and have your fun with somebody new
I hope you'll understand what I'm saying to you
You had your one chance now I'm done with you.
You left me in doubt
So went to the club to check it out
You said you were staying home
But then I saw your face (Then I saw your face)
But to my surprise
I saw you get freaky with my own eyes
I gave you such a stare
But you didn't see me there
What do you thing you're doing?
Playin' these games on me
Unfaithfull lady, you lost your chance with me
Busted, that's the end
You're never gonna see my face again
There's only one thing left for me to do
And that's to break it up and call it quits with you.
Busted, through and through
Go and have your fun with somebody new
I hope you'll understand what I'm saying to you
You had your one chance now I'm done with you.
You are busted and you can't be trusted,baby (repeat 4 times)
One day you'll see
That real men don't approve of girls like you
Your cheating ways are gonna turn around on you
Busted, that's the end
You're never gonna see my face again
There's only one thing left for me to do
And that's to break it up and call it quits with you.
Busted, through and through
Go and have your fun with somebody new
I hope you'll understand what I'm saying to you
You had your one chance now I'm done with you.(Repeat 1x again)
You are busted and you can't be trusted,baby (repeat 4 times)
