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but not identical to elision, called '''contraction''', where common words that occur frequently together form a shortened pronunciation. This may be a historical case (for example, French "ce est" has become "c'est" /se/ and it would now be incorrect to say "ce est" /s? e/) or one that is still optional (in English, a speaker may say "that is" /ðæt Iz/ or "that's" /ðæts/). Contractions of both sorts are natural forms of the language used by native speakers and are often colloquial

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