With nouns that have multiple owners, the last owner would take possesion, so Lucy and Aly's cat not Lucy's and Aly's cat.
如果某件物品有多个所有者,要在最后一个所有者那里添加所有格形式,所以露西和爱丽的猫要写成Lucy and Aly's cat 而不是Lucy's and Aly's cat。
But if the noun is owned separately it would be Lucy's and Aly's cats.
但如果物品是分开所有的,就要写成Lucy's and Aly's cats(露西和爱丽的猫咪们)。
Verb contractions
动词缩略形式
Verb contractions, which are sometimes called 'short forms', commonly combine a pronoun or noun and a verb, or a verb and not, in a shorter form.
动词缩略形式有时被称为“简易形式”,通常包含一个代词/名词和一个动词,或者是动词和not的缩写形式。
The first use produces words such as 'she'll', which combines the noun 'she' with 'will', used to express the future tense.
第一种用法比如she'll,是名词she和will的缩写,用于表达将来时。
The second use is seen in words like 'can't' - can and not - or 'wouldn't' - would not.
第二种用法比如can't (can和not的缩写)和wouldn't(would和not的缩写)。
While they are common in everyday speech, they are frowned upon in formal writing.
尽管这在日常用语中很常见,但在正式书写中却让人挠头。
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