By Tenses, Possessives

I think you've understood it. Its is always possessive. It's is always short for either it is or it has. 1. She enjoyed the movie and told me it is scenery reminded her of her hometown. Not make sense. You are right 'it is/it's does not make sense here. So it is possession and...

I have two cars -in this context, "have" is a verb which means to be in possession of .I have known John for 10 years. -"have" is a a modal word which helped the verb "known" to form present perfect tense. She has a good job- being possessive of She has done a good...

Anon, How can I make the right decision on possible choices between using a possessive or using an adjectival form? You are asking a very general question which requires a lot of answers. Basically, I will tell you, read more, listen more and use English more so that you can develop a...

Hela wrote: Dear teachers, 1) How would you qualify this time of genitive, please? Which "title" would you give it? Is it some sort of "human activities"? but I don't really like this. love's spirit, science's influence, my life's aim, duty's call . wow! I remember genitive as a Latin case...

Hi Collegebound, Welcome to the forums. Overall, you have a good essay. Stop worrying about your paragraphs. However, I 'm not sure what the topic was that Wisconsin asked for. Where did you put it? As vice president of my Catholic school’s multi-cultural student union, I have learned, first...

Lin1978 wrote:Thank you, Master Yankee. Your answer is quite clear. But I still have one small question. Last time my teacher told me that, "if I have two different subjects in a main clause and in a conditional, and I want to use the participle phrase, I have to keep both two subjects or change...

SHALL AND WILL IT is unfortunate that the idiomatic use, while it comes by nature to southern Englishmen (who will find most of this section superfluous), is so complicated that those who are not to the manner born can hardly acquire it; and for them the section is in danger of being...

Hello, this is my first post here, I like to know these wordskilometercentimeterAre those words noun if they are standing alone ? if it's, what kind of noun it's, proper noun or abstract noun or etc ?After that, I want to indentify the part of speech of the following sentence by using the...

Mister Micawber wrote: 1.I know that I can write: "The walls of Jerusalem" How about "The Jerusalem walls" There is neither "of" nor possessive form yet it's correct, why? -- Because Jerusalem is serving as an adjective. 2. "Our company will be wound up after its aims for which it was...

1.I know that I can write: "The walls of Jerusalem" How about "The Jerusalem walls" There is neither "of" nor possessive form yet it's correct, why? -- Because Jerusalem is serving as an adjective. 2. "Our company will be wound up after its aims for which it was established have been...