By Possessives, Contractions

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"

Rule One: Don't ever use apostrophes when you are making a plural. Apostrophe's in your title is incorrect. Rule Two: Use apostrophes when you are making a possessive. Sometimes it goes before the s and sometimes after the s. You need to learn the rule and if you search this site...

"Pizzas" is the plural: "We sell pizzas." "Pizza's" is a possessive: "The pizza's topping was delicious." "Pizza's" is also a contraction: "Pizza's my favorite food."

I think the p's and q's argument is most salient here. The apostrophe is used for the sake of clarity. While conventionally used for the possessive, the apostrophe is also used to indicate vernacular omissions and contractions, such as in the cases of "Ol' Dirty ***" or...

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 bowls B....

"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

"Their" is used as a possessive for "the user" (to avoid gender pronouns like his or hers). "they've": they is a pronoun for "the user" and is a contraction of "they have".

Hello, allQuestion:"David is doing his home work."Is it possible to use a contraction with David and is to make "David's doing his homework." I think in this case the contraction is either ungrammatical or at best unwise because David's is possessive.Am I right or wrong? Would you get involved in...

Anonymous wrote:I'm thinking the highlighted word should be you're. Am I correct? (Feel free to highlight any other errors - it's not my sentence!)Regards,Rob"Now I know that YOUR sitting there thinking that the books are meant for kids, but come on 500 pages to get going is poor by any...

Would it make a difference if I said 'the fact of it being there' instead of 'the fact of it is being there' ? Hi, PBF. "The fact of it being there would be okay." Actually, you caught me in an error -- I should have written "the fact of its being there" (possessive, not contraction of "it is")...