Jul 28, 2014 · The double meaning of 's leads to one of the most common mistakes in written English: confusing its, which is the possessive form of it, and it's, which is a contraction of it is.

May 19, 2015 · I'm a teacher and every time that it comes to teach possessive 's VS is 's, students get confused and can't distinguish them. For example: Rita's brother's name's John. They can't …

29 1) Alex's house 2) Alex' house When the noun ends with the letter 's' or 'x', do I need to put 's' after an apostrophe or not? I remember I read some rules related to this in my school grammar book, but …

When we use < 's > for has or is, this represents a contraction in the pronunciation. Instead of saying has or is as a separate word with its own vowel, we reduce the word to just /s/. This /s/ gets attached …

Feb 11, 2020 · Written English versus spoken English. And the contraction of is to apostrophe s, as in the question here: The interview's on Monday is a perfectly respectable spoken form and would not …

Aug 26, 2024 · What's the meaning of there of Hello there? I often see it used Hello there! as opening words, what's the difference between Hello and Hello there?

Nov 24, 2024 · A similar puzzle: What is the correct article? " (A/an) unionised one would cause a problem." Answer: impossible to say. The word "unionised" can mean "formed into a union (a …

Mar 29, 2024 · My girlfriend and I both like putting our legs over each other's when sleeping. We've been trying to find the English verb for this for a while. Does English have such a word?

Dec 8, 2020 · It's best that he bought it yesterday. or It's good that he bought it yesterday. 2a has a quite different meaning, implying that what is being approved of is not that the purchase be made, but that …

May 11, 2015 · 4 Yes. And you can also use 's for has, as in Janny's gotten Sally's 18-year-old a new bicycle helmet. Sally's very thankful for the gift. The three 's mean, respectively, has, possessive, …