Is it ok to shorten words like this in the descriptive parts of a script?

It's fine with me.


Phil

Of course it's fine.  Sheeseh.  Did this really need its own thread?

At least he knows how to properly use the apostrophe. :)

Quoted from bert Of course it's fine.  Sheeseh.  Did this really need its own thread?

My apologies, but it was a genuine issue that I was unsure of.

I read somewhere once that it's better not to shorten words like that, and I took this onboard when writing my own scripts, however after reading scripts from some of the members here, I noticed that no one else seemed to be doing this, so I figured I'd ask and be sure. If you don't ask you won't know right.

Thanks for confimring this for me guys.

Quoted from Pard My apologies, but it was a genuine issue that I was unsure of. I read somewhere once that it's better not to shorten words like that, and I took this onboard when writing my own scripts, however after reading scripts from some of the members here, I noticed that no one else seemed to be doing this, so I figured I'd ask and be sure. If you don't ask you won't know right. Thanks for confimring this for me guys.

No need to apologize. Actually, there is NO RIGHT ANSWER.

Generally speaking: Just use it's because typically, we speak with contractions; however, I for one, often speak in a manner where I will say things like:

"It is truly beautiful!" pausing after "is" and accenting "truly" and slowing the whole sentence down, and I guess in my everyday speech, I don't speak in a lot of slang.

My daughter once read a short story (she reads a lot of fan fic) and it was loaded with should not's and could nots-- no contractions! But the writer was Japanese and was learning English; so it's understandable... But remember: When someone exclaims:

You WILL NOT leave this house looking like that!!!!

It sounds different than:

You won't leave the house looking like that!!!!

Two syllables are often used for emphasis and it's automatic for English speakers-- we don't even think about it. The emphasis might be a command such as above, or it might just be another kind of emphasis.

Maybe somebody else can think of some examples right now. My brain is starting to feel dead.

But Yohn, this is NOT a stupid question and you don't need to apologize.

My daughter, who is keen on linguistics, and I were once discussing the word "Create" and what it means.

It's interesting because someone learning English might think:

I create a cake... But no... We don't create cakes.

We MAKE cakes. We even MAKE beds. We DO dishes. We DO our homework. And men DO... well, I won't go there...

But when someone paints a beautiful picture, they might say:

"I created a masterpiece!"

What's happening here? It's the essence and deeper connotation of the verb.

To CREATE something implies a higher level of mastery. It doesn't sound like a simple task; whereas To MAKE something sounds simpler-- like a task more and not so much a lengthy, consuming process.

I know I've digressed here, but these little questions are actually very important-- even if they don't seem so at first.

Sandra

It all depends on what you want to project in your voice in the script.  It is has a more formal tone than it's.

Thanks Sandra and mcornetto.

That's really interesting about the word create; I've never really given thought to it, but I agree that to use say 'create' over 'make' gives the action much more of a personal connotation and implies that a lot more went into it, part of yourself in fact.