Here in the United States, most people would write: Mr. Jones' house. The "correct" way is Mr. Jones's house. But many people (including most newspapers) feel that putting another "s" after the apostrophe looks funny.

Ok, I deleted the other thread you started, since it's the same as this. Well, it depends if they are irregular or not. "Girl" is not irregular, so you can just add the 's': one girl, two girls. "Country" is not

1) One has to work hard to realise one's goal. (BrE) Hi Yoong Liat You seem to like labeling things as BE or AmE, however in my opinion, your labels are often very misleading. Labeling something as BE suggests that it is not used in AmE, and

I agree with Philip the use of "one" tends to sound stuffy in many contexts, but that doesn't mean it always does, and that also doesn't mean that "one is not used in AmE. It seems to me that "one" has a much more

Hi, 'One' is not commonly used in the USA. Here in Canada it's not uncommon, at least among Canadians with a British background, and I'd say it's an indicator of educated speech. Best wishes, Clive I wish we had

Welcome to English Forums! "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

can you help analyze the structure of this sentence? I cannot understand its grammatical structure. inspect one's way?? what's that? Beth Levin ( English Verb Classes and Alternations ) classifies it as the X's way construction.

When Eleanor lost both of her parents, she moved in with her grandmother, Mary Hall. Due to Eleanor 's shyness, she did not have many friends; basically her classmates thought that she was weird. The years that Eleanor spent with her

When Eleanor lost both of her parents, she moved in with her grandmother , Mary Hall . Students at Eleanor’s school thought that she was weird, and because of this she rarely had friends over , especially boys. Grandmother Hall was often mean to

Daden - Pay attention to possessives. Eleanor Roosevelt was born on October 11, 1884 , (a comma is not necessary) in New York City. She was the first of six children born to by Anna Hall and Elliot Roosevelt. Eleanor early years were awful