... 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. ... showownership. Follow these simpleguidelines and you’ll never put the apostrophe in the wrong place.Singular nouns or ‘owners’ The tail ofthe dog The dog’s tailWho ‘owns’ the tail? the dogPut the apostropheafter ... (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...
... 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 ... childlike? The teenager was rebuked by the magistrate for his CHILDISH behaviour.(i.e. which he should have outgrown) The grandfather has retained his sense of CHILDLIKE wonder at the beauty of the CHILDISH...
... are correct and there is nodifference in meaning. British English favours the first and American English the second.Some writers reserve the first for ageneral request for information and the second ... 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...
... because the foreign plural of these is used in a different sense from the English plural. Check these wordsunder individual entries for the distinctionin meaning.singular -a foreign plural English ... 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 ... flourescent)fly they flew, have flown, are flyingfocus focused or focussed (both correct) focusing or focussing (both correct) for- or fore-? A useful rule of thumb is to remember the usual meaning of the...
... 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 ... syllables)This noun should correctly be used todistinguish one person from the rest of agroup or community: the rights ofthe INDIVIDUAL in societyInformally it is also used in the sense of ‘person’:an...
... 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 correct preposition. ... 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 ... RULE.yoghurt/youghourt/ All these spellings are correct. yougurtyoke or yolk? Use these exemplar sentences as a guide: The YOKE ofthe christening gown wasbeautifully embroidered. The oxen were YOKED together.She...
... think the researcher wants to read rather than their real feelings. Moreover, the number ofthe subjects is small which may influence the implications ofthe thesis to some extent. The results of ... reviewTo provide a theoretical background to the study, this chapter is devoted to the reexamination ofthe concepts most relevant to the thesis’s topic. Firstly, an account ofthe CLT theory is made. ... successful, there should be a desire for the communication to be effective both from the point of view of speakers and listeners. In most ofthe processes of communication, the roles of speakers...
... forteaching, the main difficulties they met are the lack of basic knowledge and new terms.Moreover, the main reason they got bad marks are that most of them did not learn EEEuntil the test. Based on the ... The objective of this report was to investigate the advantages and disadvantages of learning EEE as well as the main reason why they did notget good mark in the final test. Techniques of gathering ... about the situation of learning EEE of d06, k52 students in FOFL; HUT has notyet been done. Therefore, the objectives of this research is to consider the advantages anddisadvantages they meet...