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Hahah, you two make me laugh with these posts.Yoong, all your emoticons and hyper-links work fine for me. I can click on your links and it brings up the post, just like it's supposed to. About contractions: It depends upon what kind of contraction. Personal pronoun contractions can be used...

Hi AvangiThis goes off in a slightly different direction since it leaves the "Not only" aspect out of the discussion.To me, "do not I" would sound rather biblical (or so sayeth the Lord). On the other hand, the contraction "don't I" is in common use. However,...

It's ok in theory(but looks a bit awkward in writing. Ok if very informal) but rather pointless as the s's sounds absolutely identical to s is. So the contraction doesn't actually contract anything. If you really want to write this for some reason, just do the usual form, it makes no...

Which one is correct? 1- James's not coming tonight. 2- James' not coming tonight. Or should we avoid the contraction here?

hi ..how are ya ? this might help .. F: I can't play tennis well, and I don't have a racket. Native English: I´m not (so) good at playing tennis..plus I don't have a racket, so I cant play. F: Good. May I take my boyfriend with me? Native English: That´s great .can I bring my...

Hello, welcome to the forum. No need to say sorry - that's what we are here for You have quite a few problems but nothing major and you are certainly understandable, so you are getting there! I'd say your main problems are verb tenses - for example 'technologies keep evolve'...

1. The possessive of a plural noun ending in s is formed by adding: A. another s and an apostrophe. B. another s only. C. an apostrophe only. D. none of the above I think the answer is C. 2. Which of the following shows the correct possessive form of a plural noun? A. three dogs bowls B....

"the answer is that you can't. Can you think of an example where you might?" The only time you would write an apostrophe with a possessive pronoun would be to indicate the contraction 's for is: That's not my jacket. Mine's over there. JJM

Hi,I believe the versions with the object pronouns would be acceptable in formal writing too. I really see nothing wrong at all with them. But it depends what you mean by formal. I am thinking more of a kind of informal-formal, not a kind of overly formal English (= one where you would avoid any...

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...