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    Not possessive with opsterphe ‘s’

    Discussion in 'Word Mechanics' started by Thundair, Nov 16, 2019.

    I wanted to use a contraction for...what Fletcher's after.... but that looks wrong.
    “Do you understand what Fletcher is after?"
     
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    Apostrophe, not opostrophe btw.

    So here, you're using 's as a contraction for is. You can do it, and it's fine, but "Fletcher is" may work better in writing unless it's part of spoken dialog.
     
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    Woops. And the one time I didn't run it throught spellcheck.
    Yeah, it's in dialog but I think I will just say.... Fletcher is..
     

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