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Possessive s VS is s - English Language Learners Stack Exchange I'm a teacher and every time that it comes to teach possessive 's VS is 's, students get confused and can't distinguish them For example: Rita's brother's name's John They can't understand whi
When a word ends in s or x, do you add s or just an 29 1) Alex's house 2) Alex' house When the noun ends with the letter 's' or 'x', do I need to put 's' after an apostrophe or not? I remember I read some rules related to this in my school grammar book, but now I've forgotten it
contractions - Thiss instead of this is - English Language . . . When we use < 's > for has or is, this represents a contraction in the pronunciation Instead of saying has or is as a separate word with its own vowel, we reduce the word to just s This s gets attached to the previous word The result is that we lose a syllable in the pronunciation: Ben is here Ben's here In the first sentence Ben is represents two syllables But in the second sentence
Which one is the correct word, people or peoples? Which word is correct and what is the difference between these words? People People's I heard somebody say that quot;people's does not work in a sentence People means a group of humans Why wou
The USA versus USA - English Language Learners Stack Exchange Putorti's concerns mirror a conversation bubbling up across the USA Well, Houston is the only city in the USA that I know of where you can choose whether you want to go out to eat in a Southern Nigerian-style restaurant or a Northern Nigerian-style restaurant Between those sentences, some are like the following ones, though
Whats the correct usage of something of something and somethings . . . Both A's B and the B of A are grammatical and idiomatic and convey the same meaning In speech and informal writing, A's B is far more frequent In formal writing, the B of A is less rare because formal writing often involves relatively complex sentences For example, Last year, the X corporation bought the French assets of Y corporation, which was then still tied up in bankruptcy
grammar - for word ending with s or s sound, when do we omit extra s n . . . If it's a person's name, then modern names usually add s (Charles's bag), and ancient names usually don't (Socrates' teaching) Note that the "extra" s is not only written but also pronounced (as a distinct syllable if it would otherwise bleed in the preceding word's end)
Using (s) for is - English Language Learners Stack Exchange 4 Yes And you can also use 's for has, as in Janny's gotten Sally's 18-year-old a new bicycle helmet Sally's very thankful for the gift The three 's mean, respectively, has, possessive, and is