Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
's grandmother's
Grandmother's making me a new blue blanket.
Can you tell me about the " 's " in Grandmother's?
I'm confused about the use of the apostrophy.
From the www.Dr.Grammar.org The apostrophe is used for three purposes: to indicate the omission of one or more letters (can't, don't) or figures (the spirit of '76); to indicate the possessive case (Tom's dog); and to indicate the plurals of letters (there are two m's in accommodate), figures (B-52's) and sometimes words....
So I'm guessing it's a contraction. Does that mean the you can create (is) contractions, or is there a set of certian words that are defined contractions?
Thanks for the help,
Tom
Can you tell me about the " 's " in Grandmother's?
I'm confused about the use of the apostrophy.
From the www.Dr.Grammar.org The apostrophe is used for three purposes: to indicate the omission of one or more letters (can't, don't) or figures (the spirit of '76); to indicate the possessive case (Tom's dog); and to indicate the plurals of letters (there are two m's in accommodate), figures (B-52's) and sometimes words....
So I'm guessing it's a contraction. Does that mean the you can create (is) contractions, or is there a set of certian words that are defined contractions?
Thanks for the help,
Tom
Top answer
Does that mean the you can create (is) contractions? Absolutely yes. Grandmother is = Grandmother's He is = He's The 's can also be short for X has .
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Does that mean the you can create (is) contractions? Absolutely yes.
Grandmother is = Grandmother's
He is = He's
The 's can also be short for X has. You have to infer from context which one it means.
Grandmother is = Grandmother's
He is = He's
The 's can also be short for X has. You have to infer from context which one it means.
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