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Cogar Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

use of 's

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00can the apostrophe be omitted? 02br
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01font00I was tasked to take charge of Japan('s) market.02font02br
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00Also, should it be Japan or Japanese market?02br
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0may i know what is the purpose of "the" here? if omitted, how will it change the meaning?02br
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00and also, is it just about sounding nice or its an english rule to use adjective? How about "the Singaporean market", i feel "the Singapore market" sounds better02br
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01cite10Cogar12cite10may i know what is the purpose of "the" here? if omitted, how will it change the meaning?12br
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10and also, is it just about sounding nice or its an english rule to use adjective? How about "the Singaporean market", i feel "the Singapore market" sounds better12br
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0Thanks Yoong Liat, nice to meet you! I am a Singaporean as well 05002br
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00thats my thought also. Anyway, for the sentence below, can we omit the "the" since there is one and only one Singapore market, there is no need to specify using "the" ?02br
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00I am tasked to take charge of 00(the)00 Singapore market.010id5
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01cite10Cogar12cite10Thanks Yoong Liat, nice to meet you! I am a Singaporean as well 15012br
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10thats my thought also. Anyway, for the sentence below, can we omit the "the" since there is one and only one Singapore market, there is no need to specify using "the" ?12br
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10I am tasked to t
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01cite10Yoong Liat12cite11blockquote
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20Yes, it is common to use '11b10Singapore market12b10' instead of 'Singaporean market'.12br
10Also, Singaporeans always refer to themselves as '11b10Singapore citizen
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