tailieunhanh - Tìm hiểu nghĩa của từ 5

Tham khảo tài liệu 'tìm hiểu nghĩa của từ 5', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | itch ITCH SCRATCH Strictly speaking you scratch an itch. If you re trying to get rid of a tingly feeling on your back scratch it don t itch it. List of errors file C Temp livres commonerrors errors 09 2005 15 38 39 its it s ITS IT S The exception to the general rule that one should use an apostrophe to indicate possession is in possessive pronouns. Some of them are not a problem. Mine has no misleading s at the end to invite an apostrophe. And few people are tempted to write hi s though the equally erroneous her s is fairly common as are our s and their s all wrong wrong wrong. The problem with avoiding it s as a possessive is that this spelling is perfectly correct as a contraction meaning it is. Just remember two points and you ll never make this mistake again. 1 it s always means it is or it has and nothing else. 2 Try changing the its in your sentence to his and if it doesn t make sense then go with it s. See also apostrophes. List of errors file C Temp livres commonerrors errors 09 2005 15 38 39 jerry-built jury-rigged JERRY-BUILT JURY-RIGGED Although their etymologies are obscure and their meanings overlap these are two distinct expressions. Something poorly built is jerry-built. Something rigged up temporarily in a makeshift manner with materials at hand often in an ingenious manner is jury-rigged. Jerry-built always has a negative connotation whereas one can be impressed by the cleverness of a jury-rigged solution. Many people cross-pollinate these two expressions and mistakenly say jerry-rigged or jury-built. List of errors file C Temp livres commonerrors errors 09 2005 15 38 .