Definitions
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- Is.
- Has.
- Does.
- Us.
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- possessive noun A contraction for
is or (colloquially) forhas .
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- verb contracted form of
is - verb contracted form of
has - verb informal contracted form of
does (used only with the auxiliary meaning ofdoes and only after interrogative words) - verb nonstandard
are - pronoun Contracted form of
us found in the formulalet’s used to form first-person pluralimperatives . Let’s is now considered as a compound. - pronoun nonstandard Contracted form of
as in its nonstandard use as a relative pronoun. - suffix usage problem Used to form the plurals of
numerals ,letters , someabbreviations and some nouns, usually because the omission of an apostrophe would make the meaning unclear or ambiguous. - suffix proscribed Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See
greengrocer’s apostrophe . - preposition Possessive marker, indicating than an object belongs to the noun phrase bearing the marker.
- preposition In the absence of a specified object, used to indicate “the house/place/establishment of”.
- suffix Indicates a purpose or a user.
Etymologies
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Contractions.
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Equivalent to -s, with arbitrary use of apostrophe.
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Representing the Old English masculine and neuter genitive singular ending -es.
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qroqqa commented on the word 's
The genitive marker on (most) noun phrases. The only word in English that is an obligatory clitic: that is, it must be phonetically attached to the preceding word and cannot be pronounced on its own.
August 28, 2008
bilby commented on the word 's
You stole it from a greengrocer, didn't you?
February 11, 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word 's
See Saxon genitive and species for more discussion.
March 30, 2011