In Plurals^x, Contractions^x

Here's the thing, most people use the contraction: "There's" can mean "there is" (present singular) or it can mean "there was" (past plural) while "there're" means "there are" (present plural).Personally, as a native British English speaker I would use the plural form for multiple items even if...

CalifJim wrote: The cases with there is / there are are almost a separate class by themselves. In informal language (in the U.S.) you can use the contraction there's (but not there is) with just about anything. Oh, yes, exactly. I know that, but I didn't mention it because it would have...

Disclaimer : The comments below are purely my opinion based on what I was taught, however I may be wrong --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Guest,your sentence doesn't require any apostrophes as all the words you...

What is proper? We saw Dad and Mom's new boat. (YES!) We saw Dad's and Mom's new boat (Wrong!) Joint possessives In the case of joint possession, i.e., when two or more people own something together, place the apostrophe or apostrophe s (‘s) only after the...

Yes, your use of useful is correct. Let me ask you something. Do you have a dictionary? If you are going to study English, you should have a dictionary. I have noticed that you post words and more words and ask for meanings. To master English you will need at least 50,000 words. This is...

Radrook wrote:To let means to "allow". Let him in. = Allow him to come in. The word "let's" means "let us" The first comes with the pronoun "us". The second does not come with the pronoun "us". She lets him to paint. = She allows him to paint. Jane lets Mary borrow her swimsuit. Not "to...

Grandmother's making me a new blue blanket. Can you tell me about the " 's " in Grandmother's? I'm confused about the use of the apostrophy. From the www.Dr.Grammar.org The apostrophe is used for three purposes: to indicate the omission of one or more letters (can't, don't) or figures...

If this is for the US, don't use "condominia." Apparently it is a word, but I have NEVER heard it before. Much as I don't usually use Google to validate, there are 21.5 million hits for condominiums, and 13.5 thousand for condominia. You don't need the "or not" in the sentence. Arvsworld, just...

Hi Kathy,I would say CDs is more common in the U.S.To make it possessive, you would then make it CDs'. If you want the gory details, you can surf the web yourself. I've pasted below a section from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbreviation Whether to add an apostrophe for a plural where the...

Apostrophe ( ' ) The apostrophe is used when leaving out a letter or number in a contraction, e.g. can't, wouldn't. The apostrophe is used for omitted letters, e.g. rock 'n' roll, and for omitted numbers, e.g. the class of '72, the '20s. The apostrophe is used for plurals of letter...