By Nouns, Contractions

"the water's fine" is fine - but the sentence does need some other punctuation. Come on over! The water's fine! or Come on over - the water's fine! or Something to separate the first part from the second part. The noun+is contraction to noun's is very common in speech and in informal written...

Another set of patterns occurred to me. These sometimes give learners trouble, and it's a good idea to practice them until they are automatic. They are drills on 'subject pronoun + auxiliary verb' contractions. Type X1: he's, she's, I'm, you're, we're, they're Type X2: he'll, she'll,...

Hello Dennis, You've made a good start by joining this site. We'll help you with your English. Any time you have a question you can come here, and you might find it useful to search through some of the other discussions. Your English is not bad at all - there are a few minor errors but you are...

Hello Misbah, You've made a good start by joining this site. We'll help you with your English. Any time you have a question you can come here, and you might find it useful to search through some of the other discussions. Your English is not bad at all - there are a few minor errors but you are...

The original poster wanted to know about the sentence "What's it?", the contraction of "What is it?", not about the noun "what's-it" or "wotsit". CJ

Davidrock65 wrote: Dear teachers I came across these in a novel that I'm reading : " What'd you do? "and " Why'd you do that?" A. Is it commonly used in conversation and writing? B. Can I say or write " How'd he do that?" instead of "How did he do that?" and "Why'd, When'd" instead of...

We're = contraction for we are: We're glad to help. (Pronouns have apostrophes only when two words are being shortened into one.)Where = location: Where are you going? (This is a place word, and so it contains the word here.)Were = a past tense form of the verb be: They were walking side by...

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...

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....