By Contractions, Prepositions

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....

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...

Moijelesuis wrote:technically, the sentence should be phrased "with whom is he going out?", This is not a technical issue. It is an issue of antiquity. Some people still believe that the antiquated and outdated whom is still "techically" superior to actual and ubiquitous usage seen...

Hey, i'm new here. My name is Tim and I got this forum from a friend of mine. He told me that this might help me with the problem i got. I have a brother that is 16 years old and i'm 23( in the US Army). He needs help with his english. The teacher gave him the study guide, but no answer on...

Hey, i'm new here. My name is Tim and I got this forum from a friend of mine. He told me that this might help me with the problem i got. I have a brother that is 16 years old and i'm 23( in the US Army). He needs help with his english. The teacher gave him the study guide, but no answer on it. ...

"Compared with ..." was originally derived from the contraction of an adverbial clause "when something is compared with ...", but it is now used as a kind of a compound preposition. So, as I told in the first reply, you'd better not analyze it too much grammatically. (EX) Most Bermudian...

Dear Joe, Sorry it 1) has taken me so long to reply to the letter you wrote 2) in May. The trouble WAS (can we put “IS” here ?yes) it 3) arrived 4) in the middle of the summer exams and I 5) was just too busy to write back. That 6) is my excuse anyway. 7) On Friday, that’s 8) in three days’...

Hi Happy, This area is a very contentious one, so it is not surprising that you find different pronouncements within and between grammar books. Here is my opinion on the examples you present: (1) 'Who did it ?' Not I.' The pronoun stands in parallel to the subject 'who', and is a shortened...

"I am not understanding" isn't wrong, it's just uncommon and awkward. "I am understanding" is present continuous and "I don't understand" is simple present. In some contexts "I am not understanding" could be more correct than "I don't understand" as the latter implies a lack of capability in...

good clarification raul! on further reflection, i think that sentences such as "where is he at?" come from a general tendancy to make contractions - and would always be pronounced "where's he at?" (never as four distinct words, the "is" being melded with "where"). as a two-syllable expression,...