will-future - short forms

will-future: Summary; Use; Signal words; Form of affirmative, negative sentences and questions; Special; Short forms; Diagram will/going to

Short forms in the will-future

We often use short forms of the auxiliaries. The will-future is formed with the auxiliary will, so short forms are very frequent.

The auxiliary will can only be contracted when it is followed by an infinitive.

Example:
Who will help me? - I will.

Here the auxiliary will must not be contracted.

affirmative
long form	short form
all forms (I, you, he, she, it, we, they)
he will read	he'll read

negative (do not)
long form	short form
all forms (I, you, he, she, it, we, they)
he will not read	he won't read or he'll not read