... whether you use ’s ors’ in the plural. It will sort itself out. The tails ofthe dogs The dogs’ tailsWho ‘owns’ the tails? the dogsPut the apostropheafter the owners. the dogs’Add -s if there ... is ‘owned’ the dogs’ tails The laughter ofthe women The women’s laughterWho ‘owns’ the laughter? the womenPut the apostropheafter the owners. the women’Add -s if there isn’t one. the women’sAdd ... apostropheafter the owner. the dog’Add -s. the dog’sAdd what is ‘owned’. the dog’s tail The smile ofthe princess The princess’s smileWho ‘owns’ the smile? the princessPut the apostropheafter the owner....
... apostropheafter the owner. the dog’Add -s. the dog’sAdd what is ‘owned’. the dog’s tail The smile ofthe princess The princess’s smileWho ‘owns’ the smile? the princessPut the apostropheafter the owner. ... whether you use ’s ors’ in the plural. It will sort itself out. The tails ofthe dogs The dogs’ tailsWho ‘owns’ the tails? the dogsPut the apostropheafter the owners. the dogs’Add -s if there ... is ‘owned’ the dogs’ tails The laughter ofthe women The women’s laughterWho ‘owns’ the laughter? the womenPut the apostropheafter the owners. the women’Add -s if there isn’t one. the women’sAdd...
... Tom.Use the superlative form whencomparing three or more:John is the TALLEST of all the engineers.John works THE MOSTENERGETICALLY of all the engineers.(ii) There are two ways of forming the comparative ... reversed the car into the mainroad and my brother??She reversed the car into the mainroad, and my brother waved goodbye.In the skies above the stars glitteredpalely.In the skies above the stars??In ... (the British BroadcastingCorporation)historical periods (the Renaissance) (the Neolithic Period)days ofthe week (Monday)months ofthe year (September)but not usually the seasons.Note these...
... precede a summary: Video, television, cassettes, computer,camera – the thieves took the lot.(iv) A pair of dashes can be used like apair of commas or a pair of bracketsaround a parenthesis:Geraldine ... abbreviation ofthe Latin etcetera which means ‘and otherthings’. It is therefore incorrect towrite ‘and etc.’.(ii) Avoid using ‘etc.’ in formal writing.Either list all the items indicated by the ... Tom (singular))Either Jack or his brothers were there.(plural verb to match ‘brothers’(plural) which is closer to it than‘Jack’ (singular) )Either his brothers or Jack was there.(singular...
... not-ableand so on!Note: that the hyphen should beplaced at the end ofthe first line (toindicate that the word is to becontinued). It is not repeated at the beginning ofthe next.HYPERVENTILATE ... at the end of a line.Take care to divide the word at anappropriate point between syllables sothat your reader is not confused andcan continue smoothly from the firstpart ofthe word to the ... intoinflammable flame’. People often think thatinflammable is the negative form but the prefix ‘in’ here means ‘into’. The opposite of these two words isnon-flammable or non-inflammable.flee they fled, have fled,...
... lengthened further, the close ofthe second pair of invertedcommas would be delayedaccordingly:‘Indeed it is,’ said my mother. ‘Whenwill you be able to get to us? Need Isay ‘ the earlier the ... comma (after the narrative and before the second set of inverted commas) marks the resumption ofthe direct speech.Note that the interrupted sentence of speech is resumed without the needfor ... indicate the final one of three or more.lay or lie? The various tenses of these verbs cause agreat deal of unnecessary confusion. Usethese exemplar sentences as a guide:to lay:ILAYthe table early...
... Take care with the punctuation of thiscontraction. The apostrophe represents the omission of four letters:o’clock = ofthe clockDo not write: o’Clock, O’Clock oro,clock. of or off? These exemplar ... help:He is the youngest OF four children.(pronounced ov)Jump OFF the bus. (rhymes with cough)Avoid the clumsy construction: Jump off ofthe bus. Jump off the bus.official or officious? OFFICIAL ... drove ON TO test the brakes.As a matter of interest you candouble-check the ‘separateness’ of the two words by separating them further:She drove ON because she wanted TOtest the breaks."Always...
... show how theyconnect 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 correctpreposition. ... oraversion’. REPULSIVE,however,isthestronger ofthe two; it has the sense of causing ‘intense disgust’, even horror insome circumstances.REPELLENT can also be used in the sense of being able to repel ... topic.Sometimes the paragraph will begin withthis sentence (called a topic sentence) and the rest ofthe paragraph will elaborate orillustrate the point made. Sometimes the topic sentence occurs during the paragraph....
... dog; THEIRS has a whitepatch on his forehead.theirselves Incorrect formation. SeeTHEMSELVES.themselves They blame THEMSELVES for the crash.They THEMSELVES were there.there SeeTHEIR, THERE ... SeeTHEIR, THERE OR THEY’RE?.there is/there are SeeSINGULAR OR PLURAL? (iii).thesis (singular) theses (plural)SeeFOREIGN PLURALS.they’re SeeTHEIR, THERE OR THEY’RE?.THEY’RE171stimulus ... (i) and (ii).)shoe These are the tricky tenses ofthe verb ‘toshoe’: The blacksmith SHOES the horse.He is SHOEING the horse now.He SHOD the horse last week.He has SHOD the horse regularly.should...
... (I, he,she, we or they), then you need ‘who’at the beginning ofthe 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’)187If the answer could be one of the object pronouns (me, him, her, us orthem), then ... a few ofthe most widely used literary devices. You willprobably be familiar with them in practice but perhaps cannotalways put a name to them.alliteration the repetition of sounds at the beginning...
... on the other wrote on the bottom of their books of accounts “in the name of God” to whom they were addressed (Carruthers & Espeland, 1991;Maltby, 1997). This points to whether books of accounts ... (1985). The "Whole Office ofthe Law" in the Theology of John Calvin. Journal of Lawand Religion 3, 117-139.Preserved, S. (1911). The methods of Reformation interpreters ofthe Bible. The ... actions. The double entry design oftheBook sheds light on the nature ofthe honouring of Islamic principles.To ensure that believers would conform to the principles ofthe Sharia in their day-to-dayconduct,...
... Tetschen, at the border, I was relieved ofthe bother of customs officials through the kindness of an Austrian officer. It was the lasting grief of my companion that he had to submit to the customs ... about a battle in the air isnonsense. A part of his propeller broke off and, due to the jerk, the wire braces ofthe fuselage snapped. The fuselage then broke off. Aside from the great personal ... retreat. Behind them they heard the yelling ofthe men and women. The woods wassurrounded, and they had to hide till night fell. Then they escaped into the Argonne Forest, under cover of darkness...
... initiative ofthe Scientic committee (SC) of EAAP. The Foundation aims to stimulate the quality ofthe scientic program ofthe EAAP meetings and to ensure that the science meets societal needs. The ... be the rst time Slovakia is going to host one ofthe worldwide most important scientic meetings of professionals working in the area of animal production.One ofthe main objectives ofthe ... bualo populations of Iraq using microsatellite markers 11 13Jaayid, T.A. and Dragh, M.A.invitedinvited Book of Abstracts ofthe 63rd Annual Meeting ofthe European Federation of Animal ScienceBratislava,...
... MEDICINE of the national domestic agenda, the choice of EBM by the IOM Council as the theme ofthe 2007 IOM Annual Meeting underscores its centrality and importance to healthcare improvement and offers ... Crossing the Quality Chasm (2001). In the face ofthe growing awareness generated about the nature and implications ofthe gap between healthcare practice and the evidence base, the IOM Roundtable ... Hayward, associate professor ofthe Departments of Medicine and Public Health Sciences and director ofthe Centre for Health Evidence (CHE) at the University of Alberta, noted that in the messy informational...