Are the following contractions okay to use:
The man's working on the roof for The man is working on the roof
The dog's running behind the ball for The dog is running behind the ball
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2The contracted forms would be the norm in speech and light fiction say, but the full forms are required in formal writing. – Edwin Ashworth Jul 26 '19 at 09:36
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4Essentially a duplicate of Using contracted forms ("don't", "let's") in a formal text. Certainly answered there; perhaps 'Acceptable to preferable in informal contexts' is only given by inference. – Edwin Ashworth Jul 26 '19 at 09:38