Jul 28, 2014 · The double meaning of 's leads to one of the most common mistakes in written English: confusing its, which is the possessive form of it, and it's, which is a contraction of it is.

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 …

May 19, 2015 · 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 …

Sep 12, 2017 · Then we allow to use possesive 's with it (except the fact that it isn't an animate noun, it's just allowable from grammar point of view). When we don't use a possessive 's with …

May 11, 2015 · 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, …

Which word is correct and what is the difference between these words? People People's I heard somebody say that "people's does not work in a sentence. People means a group of …

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/.

Oct 24, 2017 · When we are talking about things that belong to us, relationships and characteristics of people, animals, countries, categories, groups or organisations made up of …

'(s)' indicates that there is a possibility of a plural existence. In other words, 'other (s)' means there is a possibility of more than one person, so the word should take a plural form, if such a …

Feb 11, 2020 · Written English versus spoken English. And the contraction of is to apostrophe s, as in the question here: The interview's on Monday is a perfectly respectable spoken form and …