By Whom, Apostrophes

Goodman wrote:For any name ending with "s", such as Jones, Thomsons or Davids, to indicate the possesive property, we just simply add an apostrophe. i.e. I had dinner last night at the Jones' house. Hi GoodmanThis is probably none of my business but I think you would write: I had dinner at the...

1) Were they told how they should do it? 2. It couldn't be last week that you saw me. 5. The only exit was through the door. 9. I asked Sheila when she had reached Mumbai. 10.It was his father to whom he owed his success. (although more natural to say 'It was his father that he owed his...

A boy met this girl. They both had a fascination with grammar. The girl's family did not approve - he was from the school that did not use the Oxford comma. But she insisted it did not matter. Until the day she saw him use his red pen on a semi-colon; this was her pet punctuation mark. She was...

Believer wrote: 1. How would you punctuate this? You need to divide into two groups: Group A and Group B. You need to divide into two groups, Group A and Group B. Both OK? I don't know Believer wrote: 2. How would you put the apostrophes? This lane is Busan elite's lane. ???? This...

Hello Inchoate I find the Cambridge definition very strange. But then, they are very strange in Cambridge (trust me). My Oxford dictionary meanwhile defines "blue funk" as "cowering fear; a state of panic". Apart from that, it looks fine – though I would probably use parentheses, rather than...

I guess you don't get out much, Anon. Here is a sampling of respectable online sources. Doing a bit of Google research yourself will turn up many, many more.The American Heritage Dictionary: Grammarians have sometimes objected to the so-called double genitive construction, as in a friend of my...

Dear (delete comma) Sirs, I would like to apply for the master´s programme in Comparative Labour and Organisation Studies. (end sentence)Please let me explain my motivation in a few words. I am a student in communication science and I am also taking a minor in labour studies. Last year I...

Febrarius, It so happens that today is my birthday, and that I lived in Rochester NY for 2 years sometime ago... All the more reason for giving a shot at pointing out a couple of things in your essay... But bear in mind that I'm not a native so don't take every suggestion of mine for...

Hello Casi Thank you for the detailed explanation. I think I got finally what you are saying. Please let me try to rephrase with my words what you are saying and please check if it is right. She By the way is it true we can never say "his it"?