There is a difference between writing and speaking. If when talking you say "Whos going," the listener will likely hear it as Who is going . But if you write who's, the reader is apt to think it is a possessive, as in Who's key

Pengfei: You may say (l) Why did this product NOT perform well? or (2) Why didn't this product perform well? In other words, if you wish to say, "Why did not...?" you need to use the contraction. (Hopefully, someone will explain

Pengfei: You may say (l) Why did this product NOT perform well? or (2) Why didn't this product perform well? In other words, if you wish to say, "Why did not...?" you need to use the contraction. (Hopefully, someone will explain

That's = that is and that was? No. Never was . There are no contractions with the past tense of to be ( was, were ). Since thought is past tense shouldn't it be that was No. It should not be That was . That still remains, even now, what I

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? Only in spoken English. But in written English, some contractions are not usually written that

Jame is a very peculiar name, but you can contract it with is as you have done. The pronunciation of Spanish is and Spanish's is the same, so there's no point in using the apostrophe construction. Use the contraction only when the

Hi Anon No, using "of" rather than "have" would always be grammatically incorrect. However, it is a mistake that quite a few native speakers of English make when writing. When you say " would've been " (which is

Because there are two acceptable ways in modern English: (1) With contraction: Why don't you come in and wait? (2) Without the contraction: Why do you not come in and wait? Or in conversational English: Why not come in and wait?

Oh my god, thousands of messages per month? Chatting when driving? Saying chat contractions aloud? Ick, and I thought *I* was addicted to internet and cell phone! Thanks for sharing, Sam.

Hi Angliholic Yes, it means " piece of cake " (easy). However, the author apparently decided to approximate the way people actually say it in casual spoken English. The word "of" ends up sounding like "a". The same