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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...

Kooyeen wrote: Well, for example, I don't like "Your snack's nasty", (I do.) but I would say "Your dinner's ready". (Me too.) That's like "Mike's here". (Sounds fine to me.) I'm not sure the contraction "s" sounds good after a voiceless sound, because it'd ( ) be pronounced as an "s" sound (The...

Yes, your use of useful is correct. Let me ask you something. Do you have a dictionary? If you are going to study English, you should have a dictionary. I have noticed that you post words and more words and ask for meanings. To master English you will need at least 50,000 words. This is...

Radrook wrote: To let means to "allow". Let him in. = Allow him to come in. The word "let's" means "let us" The first comes with the pronoun "us". The second does not come with the pronoun "us". She lets him to paint. = She allows him to paint. Jane lets Mary borrow her swimsuit. Not "to...

Apostrophe ( ' ) The apostrophe is used when leaving out a letter or number in a contraction, e.g. can't, wouldn't. The apostrophe is used for omitted letters, e.g. rock 'n' roll, and for omitted numbers, e.g. the class of '72, the '20s. The apostrophe is used for plurals of letter...

Apostrophe ( ' ) See Possessives for more information. The apostrophe is used when leaving out a letter or number in a contraction, e.g. can't, wouldn't. The apostrophe is used for omitted letters, e.g. rock 'n' roll, and for omitted numbers, e.g. the class of '72, the '20s. The...

MrPedantic wrote: Srdjan wrote: plz, try to explaain thsi sentence, mostly because of the construct "she's starts" ..during the 3 years I was chasing her, she's starts calling me ... he's starts fast (to play guitar), toofast, but the murmur settles her down where does the contraction come...

Hi, it's me, Ralf, the starter of this thread. Thanks for your answers so far. A post in another thread pointed me to the "American Heritage - Book of English Usage", where I found this section : According to the standard rule, when the pronoun there precedes a verb such as be, seem, or...

NB: please set pedantic mode to full. I'm not asking for general vague feelings, but for justification or rejection of a hypothesis from specific (and preferably quoted) rules. So, the question is: can contractions be formed freely? If there is no l'ss of cl'rity, and the res'lt'ng st'm'nt is...