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Store names & possessive
Is the following sentence a correct usage to tell someone that I’m in the clinic to see the doctor right now
I’m at the doctor’s
Possible Duplicate:
Store names & possessive
Is the following sentence a correct usage to tell someone that I’m in the clinic to see the doctor right now
I’m at the doctor’s
Possible Duplicate:
Store names & possessive
Is the following sentence a correct usage to tell someone that I’m in the clinic to see the doctor right now
I’m at the doctor’s
Possible Duplicate:
Store names & possessive
Is the following sentence a correct usage to tell someone that I’m in the clinic to see the doctor right now
I’m at the doctor’s
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How would you refer to the levers for a group of latches?
Would that be:
Thank you!
I’ve seen this picture of a leaflet being tweeted today. It’s supposedly issued by the UK government and distributed widely:
Am I overlooking something or does it really contain the grammar error discussed in "You and your" vs. "Your and your"?
I could see the possessive ’s
applying to the whole phrase
it is in (you and your family)’s best interests,
because the plural interests wouldn’t properly match singular your, i.e. it’s a short form of either of
- it is in your best interest and in your family’s best interest
- it is in your best interest and in your family’s best interests
instead of
- it is in your best interests and in your family’s best interests
I am writing an introduction to a mathematical text and have to convey the authorship of certain ideas and theorems. However, I am unsure which of the phrases I wanted to use are actually proper English. Let’s say I have an author named Steven Stevenson; which of the following constructions would you use?
“Concept A is closely related to concept B via the trace formula of Stevenson’s.” or rather “Concept A is closely related to concept B via Stevenson’s trace formula.”?
“We present an algorithm based on an idea of Stevenson’s.” or rather “We present an algorithm based on an idea by Stevenson.”?
“We employ this method together with an algorithm of Steven Stevenson’s to construct something.” or rather “We employ this method together with an algorithm by Steven Stevenson to construct something.”?
Note that I am inclined to use the post genitive since these authors usually have several algorithms, ideas or theorems to their name.
While writing an academic paper on chemistry, I have to write a section, entitled:
Cumene hydroperoxide’s dissociative adsorption.
My question is, would it be correct to write it without ‘s ? In other words, which one is more grammatically correct? The previous one or one of the following:
Cumene hydroperoxide dissociative adsorption.
Dissociative adsorption of cumene hydroperoxide.
My first tongue is Spanish, and I’m afraid the third option may be a too literal translation and will not sound as proper english.
I want to know which one is correct?
We illuminate earth treasures.
or
we illuminate earth’s treasures.
I am writing a question for a quiz. I need some advice on what the “right” way to word the question.
The question follows a short passage in a foreign language. The question is asking about the color of the speaker’s father’s car.
As I have it written, the question reads:
“What color is the speaker’s father’s car?”
Is there a more concise way to ask the question?