I don't fully understand what a contraction is. So if I put an 's, 'll, 'd, 've, etc after any word does it make it a contraction? Pretty much, yes. You can't do it after every word, but don't ask me which

Hi, how are you....? Where you are now? Where you are now leaving? pls. tell me so that i can know where you are now and where you from? Because as now i really really miss you so so much do you know that? You know i dont know what is image now

1) He is completely reformed after a year of education. -- OK 2) He has turned over a new leaf after.. 3) He is mended after....................... -- No. 4) He has made amends after.. -- Has a slightly different meaning. It suggests

"Most people aren't late paying their credit card bills because they're triflin' around . They are late because they are in financial trouble. They don't have the money. The exceptions being proposed in Congress won't help

Solina: Who's finished it? Sue: Tony __ (A) was (B) is (C) did (D) has The answer is option D. Is option B also acceptable in American English? If you expand the contraction you will see that only (D) is correct. "Who has finished

Hi Anon You should use "Yes, it is" in that context. The word "it" refers to "this (person)". In addition to what Barb has written, there is no indication in your question ("Is this her friend?") whether the

Hi Anon, Context will help on some of these. If we are waiting for a particular person to show up - Mary's friend, for example, but you have not met Mary's friend before -- and you say, pointing to the person walking through the door,

Hi Tim I have to agree with GG. That doesn't sound like any version of English I've ever heard. She's can mean either she is or she has (depending on the context). However, she's does not mean she was -- not in written and also not

As for the 1924 date, I find the following in a 1907 book, Handbook of Composition , by Edwin ... if clauses instead of had . Wrong: If he would have stood by us, we might have won. But that's not completely indefensible when we recall that

I'm not familiar with the term as a noun phrase. In an Australian context, it's more likely: " 'S'up mate? ", a contraction of "What's up mate?", which is synonymous with "What's happening?",