Pronunciation: Contracted forms
I am → I’m /aɪm/; we have → we’ve /wiːv/; do not → don’t /doʊnt/; cannot → can’t /kænt/ in common American speech. Read: I’m ready, but I haven’t finished. Expanded forms are equally grammatical unless a task explicitly requests a contraction. Preserve the final consonants; British can’t may have /ɑː/.