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Lena876 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Contaction of 'is+not'

Hello

I know that is+not can be contacted as 's or isn't.

he's not or he isn't

But I am not sure if instead of the pronoun there is a name. For example, Steve. Can I contract and say ''Steve's not an accountant'' and ''Steve isn't an acoountant''. Are the both variants correct?

Thank you!
  

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Hi Lena, and welcome. Yes, Steve's not and Steve isn't are both fine. The computer isn't booting up properly.

— BarbaraPA

  • Hi Lena, and welcome.
  • Yes, Steve's not and Steve isn't are both fine.
  • The computer isn't booting up properly.
  • The computer's not booting up properly.
  • It woks with pronouns, proper nouns, and common nouns.
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Hi Lena, and welcome.

Yes, Steve's not and Steve isn't are both fine.

The computer isn't booting up properly. The computer's not booting up properly.

It woks with pronouns, proper nouns, and common nouns.
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Strange... I learned that, for example, Steve's is used for relate things like Steve's mother, Brenda's daughter, and in this case is Steve is not... both right, but the first one is strange.
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Yes, in casual writing you can use the apostrophe "s" at the end of a noun to indicate use of the word IS. The statement does not necessarily have to have NOT in it. Here are some other examples:

Steve's not an accountant.

The instructor's going to be late this morning.

My yellow submarine's a little out of date.



My bank ac
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