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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Can I contract "David is doing..." to "David's doing..."
Hello, all
Question:
"David is doing his home work."
Is it possible to use a contraction with David and is to make "David's doing his homework." I think in this case the contraction is either ungrammatical or at best unwise because David's is possessive.
Am I right or wrong? Would you get involved in teaching this kind of contraction or would you just stick to the contractions of, say, he is or she is?
Hope you can help
ML
CELTA trainee
Question:
"David is doing his home work."
Is it possible to use a contraction with David and is to make "David's doing his homework." I think in this case the contraction is either ungrammatical or at best unwise because David's is possessive.
Am I right or wrong? Would you get involved in teaching this kind of contraction or would you just stick to the contractions of, say, he is or she is?
Hope you can help
ML
CELTA trainee
Top answer
Don't use this type of contraction in writing but it's very common in speech.
- Don't use this type of contraction in writing but it's very common in speech.
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Don't use this type of contraction in writing but it's very common in speech.
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