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conj.
• the definite article
• theatre (BrE)
(NAmE theater) n.
• their det.
• theirs pron.
• them pron.
• theme n.
• themselves pron.
• then adv.
• theory n.
• there adv.
• therefore adv.
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• face n., v.
• facility n.
• fact n.
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• farm n.
• farming n.
• farmer n.
• farther, farthest far
• fashion n.
• fashionable adj.
• fast adj., adv.
• fasten v.
• fat adj., n.
• father n.
• faucet n. (NAmE)
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... det., pron., conj.
the definite article
theatre (BrE)
(
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their det.
theirs pron.
them pron.
theme n.
themselves pron.
then adv.
theory n.
there adv.
therefore adv.
they pron.
thick ... n.
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Father Christmas's Thomas's
To form the plural possessive, they add an apostrophe to the s of the
plural in the normal way, e.g.
bosses' the octopuses' tentacles
the ... speeches put into the mouths of characters in novels, and hence no
censure of the style of the author is implied. The aim is to
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Father Christmas's Thomas's
To form the plural possessive, they add an apostrophe to the s of the plural in the normal
way, e. g.
bosses' the octopuses' tentacles
the ... As the inflexion of the plural of nouns: see plural formation.
B. As the inflexion of the third person singular present indicative of verbs, it requires the
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... Ernest Gowers, Oxford, 1965)
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OED TheOxford English Dictionary (Oxford, 1933) ... Tess's
Father Christmas's Thomas's
To form the plural possessive, they add an apostrophe to the s of the
plural in the normal way, e.g.
bosses' the octopuses' tentacles
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... and [6]:
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is the subject of the verb in and has accordingly been moved to the
front of the sentence.
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[15] The newspaper may have been borrowed.
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