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“You’re already” makes sense as a sentence and I don’t like it lol
The fact that you seem to not have seen this before indicates that you cannot actually always contract ‘you’ and ‘are’. ‘Cannot’ in the sense that most people don’t do it and you will get grades deducted if you do it when learning English as a second language.
I'm still re-reading this sentence. How does not having seen this before indicate what you can or can not do?
Because language is a thing that everyone agrees on, together. If nobody else is using the words like that, maybe you shouldn't either.
This is the line I am referring to, not any specific word. This sentence is nonsensical:
"The fact you seem to not have seen this before indicates..." followed by "that you cannot always contract 'you' and 'are.'"
How are those related? If someone hasn't seen this before... it indicates ... grammar rules? How does not seeing it indicate a grammar rule?