Hello, CalifJim, as far as I can remember, this is the first time we've had a direct opinion exchange, so let me first emphasise my respect for your vision of grammar and its practical applications. I hope that your ability to accurately spell

Hi All, I think that the reason people get this wrong (i.e. "cd's") is because they think in terms of abbreviation just as "phone" should really be written " 'phone" to indicate the missing "tele".

See these: http://www.1-language.com/englishcourse/unit17_grammar.htm "Sometimes however we can use "there is" with compound subjects, for example: There's a bank and a post office near my house"

Dear friend, for singular names ending in -s, the regular genitive is usual: Davis's , Charles's . Sometimes these nouns are treated as if they were plural: Davis' , Charles' - in this case the ending -s is still pronounced even

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

No. A contraction is a combination of two different words. Each word is classified separately. For example who's is a combination of who and is . who is a pronoun, and is is a verb. CJ

Can a contraction be a noun? For example, who's, I'm etc..

It's is the contraction of It is . For example, It is a beautiful night can be wriiten as It's a beautiful night. Its is a possesive pronoun and is always followed by a noun. For example, The dog wagged its tail . He placed

Do you want the verb, or the noun? How do you define move? Why not use Google and find sentences that use it that way?

Hi CB, Thanks for pointing out the spelling thing! I think it comes from my native language, where we write " socio-economico " or " socio-economica " (depending on whether the adjective qualifies a masculine or feminine noun