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The holiday is commonly printed as Veteran's Day or Veterans' Day
in calendars and advertisements. While these spellings are
grammatically acceptable, the United States government has declared
that the attributive (no apostrophe)
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There is a difference between writing and speaking. If when talking you say "Whos going," the listener will likely hear it as Who is going . But if you write who's, the reader is apt to think it is a possessive, as in Who's key
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That's = that is and that was? No. Never was . There are no contractions with the past tense of to be ( was, were ). Since thought is past tense shouldn't it be that was No. It should not be That was . That still remains, even now, what I
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1. look-alike
2. like (not similar)
3. like (not similar) than she
You're = contraction of you + are
Your = possessive
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Please try to do a little work yourself first: look in your dictionary and read about forming possessives . Post your list here and we will check it. And be careful of your spelling.
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What is the correct spelling for the possessive of Jones? Is is Jones' or Jones's?
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While both are usually accepted, "Jones's" is technically correct. I would know. That's my last name.
Spelling usually bows in these cases to local conventions of pronounciation.
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"Good" is an adjective. You need an adverb to modify "draw." It should be, "I still did not draw too well ."
"Your" is a possessive pronoun. Your sentence needs
ESL General English Grammar Questions
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khoff
138 days ago
Possessives, Pronouns, Adverbs, Spelling, Contractions, Adjectives, Sentences, Countries, United States, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Languages
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"it is" if it has to be contracted then it is always "it's", the apostophe shows that something has been removed, ie the "i". A lot, if not all, contractions follow this method. eg. "do not" becomes
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jeannie1
188 days ago
Nouns, Pronouns, Spelling, Possessives, Contractions, Speaking, Colours, Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Speeches, Languages
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I think it should be ABCs (without the apostrophe). Hi, little, It's not really a possessive or a contraction here. It's like, "She makes her 7's funny." It's a plural. I'm never sure of the best way to do it.
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