By Spelling, Contractions

Dear Howard Leigh Ph.D., If we are going to get into silly mudslinging battles over the word "often" and claiming illigitimacy of posts due to lack of name, qualifications, and misspellings then I suggest that you start with the very word misspelling which contains two of the...

The correct form is obviously "you're". You're beautiful! However, "Your beautiful!" sounds the same as the contraction "you're", and it's so common on the net that sometimes I even think it actually looks better, LOL. I'm afraid the majority of...

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...

.Can not is an alternate spelling of cannot, and is older but now less used, being employed now, as you say, more as an emphatic form. Oxford's entry is an interesting one; its definition:cannot • contraction can not..

Hello Ipkqi, and welcome to English forums. I have deleted unnecessary verbiage and underlined other problem areas:When it comes to talk about cooperation, most people seem to tend to choose partners who have the same views with them. Because they think disagreement can cause stress and...

Inchoateknowledge wrote: HI No, it is not a typo http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=cannot&r=66 http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=cannot&r=66 Usage note Cannot is sometimes also spelled can not. The one-word spelling is by far the more common: Interest rates simply...

Nik, I have made a few corrections. I hope you find them helpful. Some schools have well-appointed facilities of sports (athletic facilities?). Where I live in Japan, there are universities where famous sports athletes take role of teachers (not entirely sure what you're trying to say.....

Hiya YC,It sure feels good that a native shows interest in how we perceive english... Let me try to understand the best I can... Specific elements of language posing problem :I'm comfortable with tenses and conjugation. I find myself sometimes troubled with vocabulary and spelling ; whenever...

I have some questions for those who speak English as a second language: What elements of the English language (spelling, vocabulary, tenses, conjugation, contractions, et cetera) do you find simple and easy to learn compared to your native tongue? Which elements do you find more difficult?...

From: http://www.craigmarlatt.com/canada/symbols_facts&lists/canadianisms.html loonie A dollar. The Canadian $1 coin has a loon (the bird) on one side. toonie Two dollars. The Canadian $2 coin is gold-coloured in the middle, with a silver-coloured ring around the outside. It takes its name...