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If you see the word theirs with an apostrophe before the ‘s’, it is incorrect. Theirs is a third person posessive pronoun used in place of their + noun, for example, if you say “the house is theirs” you could split theirs into their + noun which makes it “the house is their house“. Putting an apostrophe … Continue reading
It’s a common mistake to write ‘between you and I’; however the correct way of writing this is ‘between you and me’. If we break the phrase down, the word ‘between’ is a preposition and the words ‘you’ and ‘I’ are personal pronouns. When personal pronouns follow prepositions, they should be in the object form and not the subject … Continue reading
Realising that I was unable to define indefinite pronouns without looking it up, I decided to cover this subject in today’s blog. Pronouns are “a class of words that ‘stand in’ for other words” according to John Seely’s book the Oxford A-Z of Grammar & Punctuation, whereas he defines indefinite pronouns as those which are less precise. Looking up the word … Continue reading
For the background to my writing challenge, please read my first blog by clicking the following link – http://wp.me/p1x6Ui-4. If you would prefer to dive straight into note 15, then please read on… Good evening. It’s the end of the weekend for me and as usual I haven’t got all my chores done and the house … Continue reading
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