From cab01386684929f256dd9885f2edb6084354fbf2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dualfroz <me@dualfroz.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2026 03:06:19 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Contract each match on its own instead of merging them into
 one

---
 src/2-two/contraction-two/api/contract.js | 11 ++++++-----
 tests/two/contractions/contract.test.js   | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/2-two/contraction-two/api/contract.js b/src/2-two/contraction-two/api/contract.js
index c697bf7..afde546 100644
--- a/src/2-two/contraction-two/api/contract.js
+++ b/src/2-two/contraction-two/api/contract.js
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 const postPunct = /[,)"';:\-–—.…]/
 
-const setContraction = function (m, suffix) {
-  if (!m.found) {
-    return
-  }
-  const terms = m.termList()
+const contractTerms = function (terms, suffix) {
   //avoid any problematic punctuation
   for (let i = 0; i < terms.length - 1; i++) {
     const t = terms[i]
@@ -27,6 +23,11 @@ const setContraction = function (m, suffix) {
   }
 }
 
+// contract each match on its own
+const setContraction = function (m, suffix) {
+  m.docs.forEach(terms => contractTerms(terms, suffix))
+}
+
 /** turn 'i am' into i'm */
 const contract = function () {
   const doc = this.not('@hasContraction')
diff --git a/tests/two/contractions/contract.test.js b/tests/two/contractions/contract.test.js
index 79f153b..fd9435f 100644
--- a/tests/two/contractions/contract.test.js
+++ b/tests/two/contractions/contract.test.js
@@ -74,3 +74,22 @@ test('multiple contraction in sentence', function (t) {
   t.equal(doc.match('he is dead').length, 2, here + 'multi-contraction-count')
   t.end()
 })
+
+test('contract multiple matches', function (t) {
+  let doc = nlp('he is here and she is there')
+  doc.contract()
+  t.equal(doc.text(), `he's here and she's there`, here + 'two in one sentence')
+
+  doc = nlp('we are tired and they are not')
+  doc.contract()
+  t.equal(doc.text(), `we're tired and they're not`, here + 'two of the same')
+
+  doc = nlp('he is here. she is there.')
+  doc.contract()
+  t.equal(doc.text(), `he's here. she's there.`, here + 'two sentences')
+
+  doc = nlp('Tony, is here and John is there')
+  doc.contract()
+  t.equal(doc.text(), `Tony, is here and John's there`, here + 'skip one with punctuation')
+  t.end()
+})