By Contractions, Grammar

Barbara, Delmobile and anyone else who cares to comment,This probably isn't the best place to ask but this post and the responses bring up a question I've been wondering about. The dialog here is a perfect example of correct grammar and vocabulary but it contains several examples of what...

Hi Grammarguy,Welcome!By the way, you are not related to Grammar Geek; are you?<<>>"Pizza's" is also a contraction: "Pizza's my favorite food." "This is John's restaurant"- it's correct becasue it is a contraction to a person. I have a...

Anon, Ok, I see you are a brave soul, making such a bold statement hiding behind an empty entity “Anonymous” calling people “ignorant”. Well, I tell you what, I think I have a couple of shots left in the barrel and I’d like you to have it. First, I am not sure what credential you have giving...

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...

Jackson6612 wrote:1: I should not respect you. 2: Should I not respect you? 3: Shouldn't I respect you? The sentences 2 and 3 are the interrogatives made from the sentence 1. The sentence 3 is much more common than sentence 2. In grammar, a clause that is in the interrogative has its subject...

Jackson6612 wrote:In grammar, a clause that is in the interrogative has its subject following do, be, have, or a modal verb.The pronoun goes in the first possible position after do, be, have, or a modal verb. In a case where that verb is part of a contraction the first possible position is...

Q Once I saw a person who typed the sentence "I will meet you very the soon". Is the usage of definite article correct in the above mentioned sentence in quotation? No. It should be 'very soon'Q What is the difference between 'especially' and 'specially'? 'especially' means the...

Look: if you say "Did you find out who's responsible?", why can't you say "Can I help who's next?" Because, although I would say "Did you find out who is responsible," I would not say "Can I help who is next;" instead I would say "can I help whoever is next." Okay, although I can't explain it...

Grammar Geek wrote:Something to separate the first part from the second part.Not for an advert. Adverts very rarely take any punctuation whatsoever so their wording needs to take this into consideration and not be ambiguous in such a way that would call for it.

Grammar Geek wrote: 2) "He's a day off" isn't idiomatic. Although "he's" used as a contraction for "he has" it's only used with another verb. He's been so happy since he met you but not He's a day off. A question: Does the bolded word mean 'short form'? Thanks.