By Possessives, Contractions

Anonymous wrote:I'm thinking the highlighted word should be you're. Am I correct? (Feel free to highlight any other errors - it's not my sentence!)Regards,Rob"Now I know that YOUR sitting there thinking that the books are meant for kids, but come on 500 pages to get going is poor by any...

Would it make a difference if I said 'the fact of it being there' instead of 'the fact of it is being there' ? Hi, PBF. "The fact of it being there would be okay." Actually, you caught me in an error -- I should have written "the fact of its being there" (possessive, not contraction of "it is")...

In the three example sentences, I don't like the second one. I wouldn't've contracted lunch's. I'm not sure why...maybe the possessive changes my feeling, as does the difficulty of the 'chs' pronunciation. I also wouldn't contract 'Breakfast' or 'brunch', but I would contract "Your dinner's...

Hi JacksonI can't really tell you why omissions are common in English, but I can tell you that omissions do not happen exclusively in English. Having lived and worked in Germany for 17 years, I can tell you that there are plenty of times when words are omitted in the German language, too. I'm...

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...

I'm not sure what happened, but these are correct: It's significant that.... It's not clear in the scenario...... It's evident that.... It's does indeed mean It is, but the contraction should not be used in formal writing like essays; it should read It is significant, etc.Its is of course...

Grammar Geek wrote:Something's = something is, a contraction, not a possessive use. Something IS going to happen shortly. is going to = future I am going to go to the store tomorrow. You are going to be sick after eating all that candy. Something is going to happen (just what, I don't...

Something's = something is, a contraction, not a possessive use. Something IS going to happen shortly. is going to = future I am going to go to the store tomorrow. You are going to be sick after eating all that candy. Something is going to happen (just what, I don't know) .

b is correct. He isn't a good boy Here are the rules for contractions: Apostrophes with Verb Contractions Apostrophes generally show missing letters in contractions. In most formal writing such contractions should be avoided. The most common contractions involve verbs in five situations....