By Nouns, Contractions

As you probably already know, these reduced forms occur in speech, not in writing (except to illustrate how to say them, of course). "wanna" is "want to"; "gotta" is "got to", "gonna" is "going to". I want to give my Mom something nice for her birthday. Said: I wanna give my Mom ... I have...

It's a mistake. " Its " is the possessive pronoun in all cases, while " it's " is the contraction of " it is ". There are no other choices.

I'm is the contraction of I am Have +noun+past participle Have has the meaning of causing...to happen Is this right?anyone? Thank you

In addition to Mister Micawber's seasoned and excellent advice, here are a couple of quick tips and cool tricks: When you're not sure which pronoun to use there are two things you can do. 1) Replace the pronoun with a word that makes sense to you, like this, Question: Who did it? => I did...

Hi Happy, This area is a very contentious one, so it is not surprising that you find different pronouncements within and between grammar books. Here is my opinion on the examples you present: (1) 'Who did it ?' Not I.' The pronoun stands in parallel to the subject 'who', and is a shortened...

As Taken from one of the site. Briefly, we can say that apostrophes have three uses: 1) To show possession in nouns We add an apostrophe and "s" after all singular nouns and after plural nouns that do not end in "s": Susan’s book; Pete’s dog; the children’s toys; the men’s room. We add an...

The It's vs. Its page If you're confused by these two little words, you've come to the right place. It's is a contraction for it is or it has. Its is a possessive pronoun meaning, more or less, of it or belonging to it. And there is absolutely, positively, no such word as its'. A simple...

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 contraction so no apostrophy is used. She lets me paint. = She allows me to paint. She lets them...

~girding on my armour~ I'm coming to rescue my mother tongue from the evils of translation engines!! ~chuckle~ I've never liked those translation programs, and I see I have good reasons for it! "Hola a todos; mi español es muy pobre, sé lo que nnecesito escribir en mi propio idioma pero no puedo...

Apart from this being a deeply sinister post (have the animal welfare people been informed? ), the use of "it's" is wrong. "It's" is ALWAYS a contraction of: "It is", never a possessive pronoun.