Correct, however I believe the OP in this case was referring to [] within a quote. For example: Adelman said, "When [TMac] has the ball, he's unstoppable." In such a case, the bracketed word is usually substitute for the personal pronoun used in the original quote (in this example, the word "he") and is added to clarify who or what was being discussed. Ain't grammar wonderful?
Coupon -Its not "cuepon" its "koopon" Nuclear - Its not "nookyoolur" its "noo-clear" Bassinger - And its not "Kim Bass-in-jur" its "Kim Base-inger"
http://grammar.uoregon.edu/case/possnouns.html I'm glad I looked it up. There are two rules that I consistently got wrong.
thn ur a dmbss. The way I learned it and still use the plural apostrophe grammar is that first you should check if a proper noun exists and then if a plural exists. Zac D is correct. bladeage, it's not "its", it's "it's". And its is for possessive of "it". basso, I am one that can use "they're", "there", and "their" correctly all the time. Lil Pun, newspapers use the brackets " [ ] " when they want to change a pronoun instead of explaining the entire story when referring to someone in context. For example, when Francis will say: "They put me on the bench less over there", you ask yourself "who is they?" and so the newspaper guys will add the brackets with the person or people's name so you know what he was talking about: "[The Knicks] put me on the bench less over there [than here with the Rockets". Had anyone else addressed the brackets question [ ] ?
I looked at the link, and I had guessed correctly. When a name ends in S you can use either ' or 's. They are both acceptable. Otherwise singular nouns get 's and plurals go s'
I think this is right. You really don't ever have to use "whom", but it is considered informal when you change the sentence around to use "who". Whom usually comes after a preposition also. Here's how people switch in between them. * (relative, formal): He is someone to whom I owe a great deal. * (interrogative, formal): To whom did you give it? * (relative, informal): He is someone (who) I owe a great deal to. * (interrogative, informal): Who did you give it to? All are socially acceptable. There are a lot more rules/special occasions on when to use either one but I doubt people think about them when they write.
Who is the subject of a verb. Whom is the object of a verb or preposition. Who beat the Rockets? Give the win to whom? If you would use the pronoun he or she, then who is appropriate. If you would use the pronoun him or her, then whom is appropriate. At least, that is my understanding. It has nothing to do with formality, at least as far as proper usage is concerned.
Ha...! Nice catch, meggo. ¿Qué? You really don't ever have to use it? That's a load of bullcrap. With whom did you study YOUR grammar? We have this in Spanish as well. Our Version of its usage: Eres a quien yo no admiro. [whom, no accent] ¿Quién te admira? [who, accent] ¡Dále, ché!
I'm embarrassed to ask but whenever I type the word "should've" my firefox grammar tool puts a red line under the word. Is "should've" grammatically correct or is there no short way of saying "should have"?
