Catch contractions
Listen for short forms such as “it’s” and “don’t.” Type what you hear, then compare the words with the script.
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Your or You're: Choosing the Right Word
Your indicates that something belongs to or relates to the person receiving the message, functioning as a possessive word before a noun. You're is a contracted form representing you are, which combines the subject pronoun with the present tense verb.
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You're Welcome vs Your Welcome: Quick Spelling Guide
You're is the contraction of you are, where the apostrophe indicates the omission of the letter a. In the phrase you're welcome, it signals that assistance was happily given or that the listener has permission to act. Your is a possessive word indicating that an object, message, or greeting belongs to or originates from the listener.
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I or me: Choose the Right Pronoun
I is the subject pronoun used when you perform an action or describe your state, while me is the object pronoun used when you receive an action or follow a preposition such as to, for, with, or between.
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Regular past verbs: report what happened and what is ready
A regular verb adds -ed to make both its past simple and its past participle. Use the past simple for a finished time (I packed it yesterday) and have or has plus the participle for a result now (I have packed it). After did or didn't, use the base form.
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Listen, then check: capital letters in everyday messages
Capital letters mark sentence beginnings and help identify names. Compare a centre with Oak Street Centre: one describes a kind of place, while the other gives its name.
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Nowhere to Put It: Explain a Space Problem
Nowhere means no place, in no place or to no place. In everyday conversation, it often means there is no suitable place for a particular action.
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