2020年5月8日 · We say that 's means "is" or "has" and forget that it can mean "does". Some answers and comments wrongly regard this usage as incorrect or as dialect. It is an informal usage but it is neither incorrect not dialectal.

2019年7月1日 · For example: it's, how's, he's, she's, that's, etc. In standard English, s' is never a contraction *. 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.

2015年6月10日 · Usually, that's okay (or it's okay) is a phrase often used in the sense of don't worry about it, it's not a problem etc. For example: A: I'm so sorry I scratched your car! B: That's okay, don't worry about it.

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I think that 's meaning "is" or "has" isn't always pronounced /s/ and can sometimes be added to words or names that already end with /s/. Cambridge specifies the pronunciation of the contraction 's as follows , in my view correctly: / -s/ /-z/ /-ɪz/

2017年12月17日 · Like you said "tough" means physically strong. "Rough" to me is the action taken that's called rough. And "rough" is to me the state of mind your in, i.e. "I had a rough day at work." So now we know. tough=strong. rough= state of mind. and ruff is the action taken, for example ruffian. They all correlate somehow alternate spelling of rought

The photocopier broke down yesterday, but now it's OK. a) It is working again. It has been repaired. b) It works again. It has been repaired. What is the difference in meaning between those two w...

2018年11月10日 · wao that's nice! Celebrations doesn't hurts . I am confused if 'hurts' is correct? Or should I use 'hurt'? I finally wrote 'hurts' and just to be on the safe side reframed the sentence to: wao that's nice! Celebrations doesn't hurts anyone. But I am still confused. Please help me with the correct usage of the word 'hurts' vs hurt'.

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2015年10月6日 · According to what I know now about Possessive Pronouns, we can to choose between one of the two following forms: 1) "This is your book" vs "This is yours" 2) "This is their book" vs "This is