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    Monday, 28 February 2011

    USING APOSTROPHES


    USING APOSTROPHES    

     John's book The book belongs to John.
     the brothers' book The book belongs to two or more brothers.
     the man's car The car belongs to one man.
     the men's car One car belongs to two or more men.
     the witness's (or witness') book The book belongs to one witness.
     the witness's (or witness') books One witness owns more than one book.
     the witnesses' book The book belongs to two or more witnesses.
     the witnesses' books Two or more witnesses each own more than one book.
     the witnesses are looking at a book Two or more witnesses are looking at books they each own.
     the witnesses are looking at their books Two or more witnesses are looking at one or more books they each own.
    or

     Two or more witnesses are looking at two or more books they all own together.
     someone's car The car belongs to someone.
     something's help The help belongs to something.
     something's open Something is open.



    Some examples of two words becoming one.
     I + am = Iam = I'm I'm fine.
     it + is = itis = it's It's fine.
     he + is = heis = he's He's fine.
     she + is = sheis = she's She's fine.
     we + are = weare = we're We're fine.
     you + are = youare = you're You're fine.
     they + are = theyare = they're They're fine.
     that + is = thatis = that's That's okay.
     I + will = Iwill = I'll I'll pay the money.
     he + will = hewill = he'll He'll pay the money.
     she + will = shewill = she'll She'll pay the money.
     it + will = itwill = it'll It'll pay the money.
     we + will = wewill = we'll We'll pay the money.
     you + will = youwill = you'll You'll pay the money.
     they + will = theywill = they'll They'll pay the money.
     that + will = thatwill = that'll That'll be fine.
     this + will = thiswill = this'll This'll be fine.
     I + have = Ihave = I've I've taken the money.
     he + has = hehas = he's He's taken the money.
     she + has = shehas = she's She's taken the money.
     we + have = wehave = we've We've taken the money.
     you + have = youhave = you've You've taken the money.
     they + have = theyhave = they've They've taken the money.
     I + had = Ihad = I'd I'd like to go.
     he + had = hehad = he'd He'd like to go.
     she + had = shehad = she'd She'd like to go.
     we + had = wehad = we'd We'd like to go.
     you + had = youhad = you'd You'd like to go.
     they + had = theyhad = they'd They'd like to go.
     will + not = willnot = won't It won't work.
     do + not = donot = don't They don't work.
     does + not = doesnot = doesn't It doesn't work.
     did + not = didnot = didn't She didn't go.
     should + not = shouldnot = shouldn't She shouldn't go.
     could + not = couldnot = couldn't They couldn't go.
     would + not = wouldnot = wouldn't We wouldn't go.
     can + not = cannot You cannot go.
     cannot = can't We can't go.
     are + not = arenot = aren't You aren't starting.
     had + not = hadnot = hadn't They hadn't started.
     have + not = havenot = haven't They haven't started.


    Ain't is never correct.
     am + not = ain't I ain't listening.
     is + not = ain't He ain't listening.
     are + not = ain't They ain't listening.
    Posted by Bramhaji at 05:13
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Blog Archive

  • ▼  2011 (65)
    • ▼  February (65)
      • SAYING THINGS POLITELY
      • TWO-WORD VERBS
      • DOING OR RECEIVING THE ACTIO
      • WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS
      • "THIS," "THAT," "THESE" AND "THOSE"
      • When and time
      • THE TIME OF THE VERB'S ACTION
      • relations
      • DON'T USE TWO NEGATIVES
      • THE VERB AGREES WITH ITS SUBJECT
      • "WILL" AND "MAY" OR "MIGHT" "Will" i...
      • NUMBERS
      • WORDS THAT DESCRIBE
      • USING APOSTROPHES
      • USING THE CORRECT WORD
      • PUTTING WORDS IN THEIR CORRECT PLACE
      • MAKING A STRONG EMPHASIS
      • WORDS THAT REPLACE A NAME
      • "CAN" AND "MAY"
      • VERB TABLE
      • "TO BE," "TO DO," "TO HAVE" AND "TO GO"
      • lesson 17
      • lesson 16
      • lesson 15
      • lesson 14
      • lesson 13
      • lesson 12
      • lesson 11
      • lesson 10
      • lesson 9
      • lesson 8
      • lesson 7
      • lesson 6
      • lesson 5
      • lesson 3
      • lesson 2
      • lessons
      • lessons
      • lessons
      • practise
      • practise
      • lessons
      • lesson 1
      • ENGLISH SENTENCES
      • important sentences
      • BUSINESS VOCABULARY
      • COMPLETE T TO Z VOCABULARY LIST
      • COMPLETE Q,R,S VOCABULARY LIST
      • COMPLETE N,O,P VOCABULARY LIST
      • COMPLETE K,L, M VOCABULARY LIST
      • COMPLETE J VOCABULARY LIST
      • COMPLETE I VOCABULARY LIST
      • COMPLETE H VOCABULARY LIST
      • COMPLETE G VOCABULARY LIST
      • COMPLETE F VOCABULARY LIST
      • COMPLETE E VOCABULARY LIST
      • COMPLETE D VOCABULARY LIST
      • COMPLETE C VOCABULARY LIST
      • COMPLETE B VOCABULARY LIST
      • COMPLETE A VOCABULARY LIST
      • VERBS 2
      • FUTURE TENSES
      • PRESENT TENSE
      • PAST TENSE
      • VERBS

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