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1 What are the criteria for getting a room on campus at a university. 2 Normally, the videos
you take with your phone are limited to 1 minute, but if you crack it ,
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ESL General English Grammar Questions
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yankee
52 days ago
Punctuation, Universities, Apostrophes, Sentences, Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Students, France, Schools, Languages
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You never use an apostrophe to form the plural of a common noun.
It's babies.
(I'd also make "war" singulal as a non-count noun.)
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True, Anonymous! Pluralized acronyms should not use apostrophes. As an experienced English Tutor/Mentor, apostrophes are used in possession of & in contractions (i.e., Jane's cat won't eat fish.) To place an apostrophe after an acronym or
ESL General English Grammar Questions
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anonymous
55 days ago
Plurals, Colons, Punctuation, Spelling, Contractions, Consonants, Apostrophes, Relationships, Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Friendships, Friends, Acronyms, Languages
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It's a little too sparse to be clear.
1. Capitalize English. I'd say, "to get his point across." That would be idiomatic. Otherwise, "his" stands alone as the object, and we have to assume "his English,"
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For some reason two consecutive genitives formed with apostrophes are often avoided in English. My suggestion: The car of my neighbor Jim exploded last night . CB
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In Helsinki English a more straightforward approach would be used: Neither the two dogs nor the cat received their food tonight. In case anyone insisted on including the pointless underlined words in the original post, a possessive apostrophe
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No apostrophe is needed as got is a verb. The title is ungrammatical or informal - whichever word you prefer. In correct English: The Lakes Have Got Talent. CB
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Hi Plural forms in English are nearly always written without an apostrophe. However, if you meant a possesive form, you do have to use one. But this is not entirely clear from what you've written. So, almost never an apostrophe with plurals.
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According to many English teacher, Apostrophe can only be used after time and people. For example: 15 minute's workout John's car Father's day April fool's day However, I find that some of the other nouns get a apostrophe after
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Here in the United States, most people would write: Mr. Jones' house. The "correct" way is Mr. Jones's house. But many people (including most newspapers) feel that putting another "s" after the apostrophe looks funny.
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