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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 AvangiThis 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 bring my...

"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...

It's is a contraction of "it is". The first sentence should read "It's my photo." (singular) These are... I would use if the photos are right in front of me, or if I'm holding them. They are... They is a pronoun. You can only use a pronoun after the noun is named. You could use "Those are my...

"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".

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Contractions which are a combination of a pronoun and a form of be or have or will or would cannot end a clause. I'm, I've, I'll, I'd, he's, he'll, he'd, etc. Use the uncontracted form instead. CJ

MrCurious wrote: 1. Are you going to visit the Louvre? a) Yes, I'm b) Yes, I am 2. Are you going to visit the Louvre? a) No, I'm not b) No, I am not I think 1a) is wrong. Why is it wrong? What other short forms with certain pronouns can we not use? Only "I'm"? We don't use the...