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... whether you use ’s or s’ in the plural. It will sort itself out. The tails of the dogs The dogs’ tails Who ‘owns’ the tails? the dogs Put the apostrophe after the owners. the dogs’ Add -s if there ... is ‘owned’ the dogs’ tails The laughter of the women The women’s laughter Who ‘owns’ the laughter? the women Put the apostrophe after the owners. the women’ Add -s if there isn’t one. the women’s Add ... apostrophe after the owner. the dog’ Add -s. the dog’s Add what is ‘owned’. the dog’s tail The smile of the princess The princess’s smile Who ‘owns’ the smile? the princess Put the apostrophe after the owner....

Ngày tải lên: 05/10/2012, 09:46

... show how they connect with other words in the sentence: They gave the flowers TO their mother. Let him sit NEAR you. Two problems can arise with prepositions. (i) Take care to choose the correct preposition. ... or aversion’. REPULSIVE,however,isthe stronger of the two; it has the sense of causing ‘intense disgust’, even horror in some circumstances. REPELLENT can also be used in the sense of being able to repel ... topic. Sometimes the paragraph will begin with this sentence (called a topic sentence) and the rest of the paragraph will elaborate or illustrate the point made. Sometimes the topic sentence occurs during the paragraph....

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20

... dog; THEIRS has a white patch on his forehead. theirselves Incorrect formation. See THEMSELVES . themselves They blame THEMSELVES for the crash. They THEMSELVES were there. there See THEIR, THERE ... See THEIR, THERE OR THEY’RE? . there is/there are See SINGULAR OR PLURAL? (iii). thesis (singular) theses (plural) See FOREIGN PLURALS . they’re See THEIR, THERE OR THEY’RE? . THEY’RE 171 ­ stimulus ... (i) and (ii ).) shoe These are the tricky tenses of the verb ‘to shoe’: The blacksmith SHOES the horse. He is SHOEING the horse now. He SHOD the horse last week. He has SHOD the horse regularly. should...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20

... (I, he, she, we or they), then you need ‘who’ at the beginning of the question: Who/whom is there? The answer could be: I am there.  WHO is there? WHO OR WHOM? 181 " Read the amended text ... the speed of abirdinflight) " Sleep that knits up the ravelled sleeve of care. (Shakespeare: ‘Macbeth’) 187 If the answer could be one of the object pronouns (me, him, her, us or them), then ... RULE . yoghurt/youghourt/ All these spellings are correct. yougurt yoke or yolk? Use these exemplar sentences as a guide: The YOKE of the christening gown was beautifully embroidered. The oxen were YOKED together. She...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20