By Contractions

Hi Cool Breeze, How's and house are different in that how's is a contraction of how and is, two words, and the rule applies at least in theory in such cases. This is exactly the rule I had in mind! What you offered previously simply was not clear enough to the reader. The only pronunciation...

Anonymous wrote:How's is pronounced . Traditionally, the RP pronunciation has been /haʊsIz/, although I suppose some speakers equate the vowel sound with that of 'beat' (half-long) these days. I was trying to be brief and therefore didn't go into details. How's and house are different in that...

It's is a contraction of "it is". The first sentence should read "It's my photo." (singular) These are... I would use if the photos are right in front of me, or if I'm holding them. They are... They is a pronoun. You can only use a pronoun after the noun is named. You could use "Those are my...

"Their" is used as a possessive for "the user" (to avoid gender pronouns like his or hers). "they've": they is a pronoun for "the user" and is a contraction of "they have".

i know everyone is saying ms. but sometimes ma'am is ok depending on how you are writing... its neutral as far as i know... its just a contraction of madaam.... i guess ma'am is more respectful.. so again.. it depends on what ur going 4

I kept trying to turn this into a snippy Algonquin-round-table type remark: "She was a mass of contradictions, many of which are chronicled in her writing." In other words, she's a lousy writer (her writing is full of contradictions), as well as a mess personally But I don't think you can use...

Hi Anon, best of luck with the Elizabethan! I grow, thou growest, he grows, we grow, you (pl) grow, they grow. thou owest And often is his gold complexion dimmed. These are just contractions, like can't for cannot. The five-foot iambic goes ta-da ta-da ta-da ta-da ta-da. If...

I've heard it without the contraction for emphasis, Barbara. Slight emphasis on the "on." "You don't have to worry about that. I am on it."

Yes, I'll and we'll are contractions of I shall and we shall. Yes, teaching whom does irritate me a little but it's not tested as much so minor irritation only. I accept and use shall in my own conversations and writing but then I learned my grammar when you couldn't end a sentence with a...

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