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Very informative and clear once again, thanks! I never realised there were rules around the contraction isn't! It is great to now know. One final question (I hope I am not over using your knowledge, haha) is in regards to this sentence. Unfortunately, it is to do with the whom/who case again!...

isn't = is not However, in modern English a negation ( not, n't ), can only be moved to the left of the subject if it is expressed as n't . It must stay to the right of the subject if it is expressed as not . It is. It is not. It isn't. Is it? Is it not? Isn't it? So...

Yes thanks, those examples illustrate my query perfectly. And thanks for correcting my spelling mistake, woops! 1) However, here is a post which I thought slightly contradicted your point: The preposition always precedes its object, except when the preposition is at the end of a sentence or...

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...

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...

Hi Avangi This 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,...

hi ..how are ya ? this might help .. F: I can't play tennis well, and I don't have a racket. Native English: I´m not (so) good at playing tennis..plus I don't have a racket, so I cant play. F: Good. May I take my boyfriend with me? Native English: That´s great .can I...

"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

Hi, I believe the versions with the object pronouns would be acceptable in formal writing too. I really see nothing wrong at all with them. But it depends what you mean by formal. I am thinking more of a kind of informal-formal, not a kind of overly formal English (= one where you would avoid any...