Grammar for high school admissions tests: Difference between revisions

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** ''would not >> wouldn't, can not >> can't, will not won't''  
** ''would not >> wouldn't, can not >> can't, will not won't''  


* see '''homophones''' below for more
* contracting "is" on relative pronouns
 
** ''that's easy, who's going?''  
* <u>note</u>: neither high school nor college admissions tests will use an apostrophe as a contraction for "is" or "are" with a common noun
*** = that is easy, who is going
** ex.  ''That elephant's big'' (with the 's" marking a slurred "is" sound in spoken
** <u>note</u>: neither high school nor college admissions tests will use an apostrophe as a contraction for "is" or "are" with common nouns
** or,  ''Those elephants'r big'' (with the 's" marking a slurred "is" sound in spoken
*** ex.  ''That elephant's big'' (with the 's" marking a slurred "is" sound in spoken
*** or,  ''Those elephants'r big'' (with the 's" marking a slurred "is" sound in spoken


3. indicate plurality  
3. indicate plurality