In Articles^x, Apostrophes^x

Obviously, depending on where we learned English, it has some bearing on our understanding toward some of the most common debated questions. To validate my own understanding, I did some searching and came to a conclusion, In the US, some experts agree that either singular or plural is...

Gomle wrote: Hi everyone! When writing English articles, one often want to use apostrophes in some words. Very commonly: you're / you are - they'll / they will - I'm /I am - and so on.. Is it ok to use this apostrophe sometimes, while not using it some other times in the same article....

Hi everyone! When writing English articles, one often want to use apostrophes in some words. Very commonly: you're / you are - they'll / they will - I'm /I am - and so on.. Is it ok to use this apostrophe sometimes, while not using it some other times in the same article. Like mixing those...

I was looking at an exercise and my mind began to wonder why this is so. The "so" element dealt with why there are definite articles here. Do you need more context? the Zataory or Xelks the Fiwakos Club the Hions Let's assume that all the names above, which I made up, are the names...

The articles are sometimes quite tricky in English. Contrary to all logic no article is used before titles and the like in certain expressions and after some verbs when only one person can have that position at a time. Examples: They made him king. He was elected chairman. She became queen of...

Apart from the misplaced apostrophe, it sounds generally a little odd to me, without an article. MrP

In all due respect, G, shouldn't your sentence be " It has a better chance than the "small probability." Eventhough a phrase is in apostrophes, the rules regarding the placement of definite articles in front of nouns still apply for that too, isn't it? I am sorry it I sounded too picky. I...

Hi Davkett, Thank you for the interesting response. I've been thinking about it, and I have a few comments. I'm not familar with the site you quoted, and I don't know its credentials. I don't agree with what it baldly says about Singular Nouns (ending with -s) .... eg James' room or Chris...

1-- Capitalize; if the quotation is set off syntactically from the matrix text by a comma, semicolon, or colon, the first word is capitalized, irrespective of its status in the original text. 2-- Mormons ; no apostrophe 3-- Capitalize as in #1 4-- She is saying it. BrE (I believe)...

Hi Webreaper, Welcome to the forum. Today I wrote an email referring to paragraphs in a journalist's article, and was corrected for my use of abbreviation combined with apostrophes. My goodness, who is correcting your email? The reason I ask is this. Email is a very informal medium. eg...