Thank You for these great lessons, that reminds me school, long time ago!!!!!. A french girl. LOVE&STING KTY from FRANCE
-----Message d'origine----- De: police-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:police-bounces@mailman.xmission.com]De la part de Fred Berthelot Date: lundi 19 mai 2003 21:20 À: Maggie White; police@mailman.xmission.com Objet: RE: [Police] Undergarments
It's = It is Its = belonging to "it" There = location, as in "There it is," or pronoun "There must be another way." They're = They are Their = belonging to "they" You're = You are Your = belonging to "you" Whose = belonging to "who" (actually, to WHOM) Who's = Who is
's after a word = possessive ("Fred's email is pompous"). If the word ends in "s," you would typically add an ' after the word, but no "s" (The bus' wheels are flat).
's can also be a conjunction of "is" (Fred's a pompous grammar Nazi) or "has" (Fred's got to stop).
Adding an "s" at the end of a word makes it plural (These grammar emails are annoying).
Though "were" is the past tense plural of "to be," it is also used in the conditional sense: "If only half of this were true..." Not "was!"
It's "I should have," not "I should of"
It's "through," not "thru."
It's "night," not "nite."
There are others, but I've ranted enough... Happy grammar everyone.
Fred
P.S. English is not my first language. And feel free to scold me if you find any grammar or spelling mistakes in this email.