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Bookmark or Share- When a word ends in 's' or 'x', do you add 's or just anJust try and change French, and beware the backlash!) Also, note that in showing possesion, the 's is effectively used to contract "house of Alex", into "Alex's house"; just like o'clock is contracted from of the clock. So, the same principle used for a contraction is employed (like with: don't, you're, they'll, etc); except the phrase is ...
- "The USA" versus "USA" - English Language Learners Stack ExchangeIt's not just about the USA Swimming Team or even Team USA. I was at the USA Science and Engineering Festival here in Washington, D.C. It was very exciting. The USA TODAY/ESPN Board of Coaches is made up of 31 coaches at Division I institutions. As for sentences not using the article before USA, I found the following ones:
- Difference between "materially" and "substantially"In a legal context a "material" and "materially" are technical terms that have very specific meanings. A material breach in a contract is one that justifies cancelling the entire contract, not just getting money damages. A material misstatement is one that may be a fraud if it works harm (and is reasonably relied on).
- Why does it have to be 'scissors' and not just 'scissor'?Scissors is an example of a plurale tantum, or an English word that only has a plural form that represents a singular object. (Plurale tantum is not a plurale tantum: its plural is pluralia tantum). Though pluralia tantum name single objects, they are grammatically plural: "the scissors are on the table," "my pants are in the dryer."
- Why hot refers to being closer and cold refers to moving away in the ...In Middle English, Hote meant anything "intense" not just a measure of heat; so, in the late 1500s a strong scent was described as a "hot scent" by this and many following authors right up until this game was invented. 1650: J. Milton, Tenure of Kings; 1709: Shaftesbury, Moralists; 1750: J. S. Gardiner, Art & Pleasures of Hare-hunting
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