The "l" of "bell" when it ends a word is kind of a "half l" when compared to the initial "l" in "love" which allows the "l" voicing to be completed by going to a vowel. Yet the

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

I don't fully understand what a contraction is. So if I put an 's, 'll, 'd, 've, etc after any word does it make it a contraction? Only in spoken English. But in written English, some contractions are not usually written that

Language is not static; it changes all the time. In fact, the t-sound used to be correct. Quote: "Often was pronounced with a t-sound until the 17th century, when a pronunciation without the /t/ came to predominate in the speech of the

Phonics shows letter-sound correspondence patterns that exist in traditional spelling (what I call tradspel). It looks at letters and letter strings (letters in sequence) and shows how sounds are commonly spelled by them. Phonics is good for

) An adjective is a part of speech that modifies a noun or a pronoun. -- OK ) The exam was adjourned since the the professor was ill. ) The government has adjudged that the country's economy is experiencing hard times so the tax rates will be

I'm a British English speaker. There may be differences here between British and American usage. "I have to " is fine. "I've got to " is also OK, but is more informal (the contraction "I've"

If you will come down here, we can discuss it properly. If you will be late, you should give them a call as soon as you can. If you will be at the meeting, you might wish to prepare lots of PowerPoint slides as the president likes his direct

Presumably an LC is a "letter of credit", and I believe using the abbreviation LC is quite common in international trade. Likewise, USD is a standard code for "US dollars". Letter of credit. I did not know that.

"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