Who’s is a contraction for who is or who has. Whose is a possessive form of who that’s used as an adjective. Examples:Who’s (who is) going to the concert?Who’s (who has) been to this venue[…]
Category: Glossary – Grammar
ACS SOP of acceptable terms
It’s and Its
It’s – a contraction for it is or it hasIts – the possessive form of it A foolproof way to determine which to use is to attempt to break the word down from the contraction[…]
Plural possessive nouns
Words that are made plural by a variation in spelling rather than by adding an -es or -s, e.g., women, men, children, people, should be treated as singular words when making them possessive. For example:[…]
Parts of speech – What is an article?
An article is an adjective that modifies a noun. There are two articles in the English lexicon, the and a/an.
Parts of speech – What is a prepositional phrase?
A prepositional phrase is a group of words that lacks either a verb or a subject, and that functions as a unified part of speech. It normally consists of a preposition and a noun or[…]
Commas, periods and question marks only.
The goal is to make an easily readable document using commas, periods and question marks. Refrain from using ; ! ” ” (semi-colons, exclamation points and quotation marks) A colon is appropriate after a speaker’s[…]
Ala mode or A la mode?
A la. As in, a la mode.
Aural vs Oral
Aural relates to things you hear while oral relates to the things you say or generally relating to the mouth.
Digestive track or Digestive tract?
Digestive tract.
Every time is two words.
Every time is two words. Every time, every time.