Lucy's a doctor

[Rachel Adams]

Hello.

Is it correct to write the short form of the verb to be as shown in this example ''Lucy's a doctor.''

 

[Yankee]

It would be OK in informal correspondence.

 

[Rachel Adams]

In spoken English would a native speaker ever use it and pronounce it as /lusiz/?

 

[Yankee]

Yes. With the stress on 'lu'.

 

[jutfrank]

In spoken English would a native speaker ever use it and pronounce it as /lusiz/?

It would be very unlikely that a native speaker would not use it.

 

[GoesStation]

I can think of only two situations where most speakers wouldn't use the contraction: when reading the uncontracted statement aloud, or when contradicting another statement. "Is" is heavily emphasized in the latter case.

 

[emsr2d2]

Hello.

Is it correct to write the short form of the verb "to be" as shown in this example?

''Lucy's a doctor.''

Note my corrections to your punctuation above.

 

[Rachel Adams]

I can think of only two situations where most speakers wouldn't use the contraction: when reading the uncontracted statement aloud, or when contradicting another statement. "Is" is heavily emphasized in the latter case.

What is the uncontracted statement?

 

[emsr2d2]

The non-contracted version is "Lucy is a doctor", rather than "Lucy's a doctor".