By Contractions

Yes, you can. "What's worse" means that the leaky pipes are a bigger problem than the termites, while "To make matters worse" just means that the leaky pipes compound the problems, rather than necessarily being a bigger problem individually. Otherwise, the only...

Hi Andy. In most cases, 'd = had or would. He'd = he had or he would, but not he did. Your example of why'd is a verbal contraction of why did. It's an exception to the 'd general use.

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...

AHA... Now it makes sense. I don't know whether it's right or not. I think I was told contractions only work for the present tense but I could be wrong. Let's wait for a native.

Sure it does. These contractions can be used for the past tense:"I'd never seen that before" = "I had never seen that before""It's been nice to know you" = "It has been nice to know you"In your case, "It's a pen" always means "It...

Like most people, I felt insecure about unsecured to venturing I'm today. Looking back, had I not made the move, I would still be an average 9 to 5 employee.

Why don’t you have a medical check up regular appointment was set on that day to meet the beautician.Whose is possessive; who's is the contraction of "who is"

I have a question about the use of contractions with a proper name. For example, if I wanted to say/write "Jeff is funny" could I also write/say it as "Jeff's funny" with the use of an apostrophe? If no, what is the rule that defines the use of this?Thanks in advance! Jamie

Hi YLHere is one last try:"Don't I receive" is a standard way to write the contracted form of the inversion "do I not receive". In other words: - don't I receive = do I not receive- don't I receive is a subject-verb inversion ==> The uninverted, uncontracted...

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,...