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New member
- Joined
- Dec 30, 2022
- Member Type
- English Teacher
- Native Language
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Home Country
- Brazil
- Current Location
- Brazil
Hi, how are you?
I've got a question. I'm a new english teacher, and also Brazilian, so English isn't my first language, and I've been having trouble trying to find a reliable source to get rid of this doubt.
It's about abbreviations, can I contract the verb BE with proper nouns?
Example:
Mark's tall. (Mark is tall) / or / Mark's at home (Mark is at home).
Is this contraction grammatically correct?
I always thought I could only contract the verb BE with personal pronouns like (I/You/He/She/It/We/They), but recently I've seen some books around here utilizing this kind of contraction (just like the example) and I feel very conflicted
Please help me out
I've got a question. I'm a new english teacher, and also Brazilian, so English isn't my first language, and I've been having trouble trying to find a reliable source to get rid of this doubt.
It's about abbreviations, can I contract the verb BE with proper nouns?
Example:
Mark's tall. (Mark is tall) / or / Mark's at home (Mark is at home).
Is this contraction grammatically correct?
I always thought I could only contract the verb BE with personal pronouns like (I/You/He/She/It/We/They), but recently I've seen some books around here utilizing this kind of contraction (just like the example) and I feel very conflicted
Please help me out