In Nouns^x, Contractions^x, Apostrophes^x

He is in the predicate nominative case. However, in casual speech following "must be" we break the grammatical rule and use the objective case. .

Great, thanks a lot! I was wondering when you said, 'right again! the pronoun and it's object must make up...' In America (assuming this is where you are based) do they use apostrophes to show possession of these pronouns? (it's object). Where I am from, we omit the apostrophe to...

No apostrophe should be used. A 'thank you' is a colloquial compound noun. To put an 's' on it is to signify the plural. The apostrophe is only used to express possession e.g. Bob's radio; or missing letter/s such as the 'no' omitted in 'can't' which in its...

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...

"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

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We're = contraction for we are: We're glad to help. (Pronouns have apostrophes only when two words are being shortened into one.) Where = location: Where are you going? (This is a place word, and so it contains the word here.) Were = a past tense form of the verb be: They were walking side...

b is correct. He isn't a good boy Here are the rules for contractions: Apostrophes with Verb Contractions Apostrophes generally show missing letters in contractions. In most formal writing such contractions should be avoided. The most common contractions involve verbs in...