LEB - Random Contractions?

The LEB is an excellent translation, but it has one quirk that annoys me. In a translation virtually devoid of English contractions, the LEB uses contractions in at least 21 places (there might be more):

"didn't" in 1Ki 15:5
"don't" in 2Sam 9:7, 13:28, 17:16, 24:14, 24:24; 1Ki 17:13, 18:23, 18:25, 18:40; 2Ki 6:16
"hasn't" in 1Ki 2:23
"isn't" in Gen 27:36; Ex 14:12
"I've" in 1Sam 21:5
"what's" in Job 34:12, 36:16; Psa. 114:5; Jer. 8:12, 51:44
"won't" in Jonah 1:6

Is there a reason for only 21 contractions existing in a translation that otherwise doesn't use them? Is there a way to alert the translators/publishers of this editing oddity?

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Rick Brannan (Logos)

Thanks, Cheryl, I'll make sure the proper folks are aware of this.

Cheryl Sexton

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1065724#Comment_1065724

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but it has been a number of years, and these still haven't been corrected. Any updates on this?

MJ. Smith

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1260996#Comment_1260996

You should assume that they have been reviewed. But there is no reason to believe they need "correction" as they may be a deliberate choice. Whether or not a contraction is used does not affect the meaning, only the tone.