Jan 2, 2013 · There was a technical reason why 3 ʒ was written ʒiij, and 1⁄2 ʒ as ʒß or ʒss: The letters "ss" are an abbreviation for the Latin "semis" meaning "half," while the Sharp S ("ß") is an abbreviation for "ss." In Apothecaries' Latin, numbers were generally written, in Roman numerals, immediately following the symbol.

Nov 28, 2019 · On the use of so-called 'zero genitive', marked by a simple apostrophe in spelling ('), as opposed to the 's genitive, Quirk, Greenbaum, Leech and Svartvik specify in A Comprehensive grammar of the English Language (pp. 320 & 321) that:

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Jul 28, 2014 · Both express possession, of course. We use 's with singular nouns.For example, "my son's toys" will be "the toys that belong to my son".

Sep 11, 2023 · with two Ss. with two S's. with two s's. Ability to format permitting, and font suitably different between italic and roman, you could also italicise the first S to signify mention over use. with two S s (Note extra space above due to how the formatting here works, not intended).

Apr 9, 2014 · I was talking to a friend about a girl, and he mentioned that “She can pretty much CI anything, CIB, CIM or CID.” I’m wondering what these mean. The context was sexual experience. Sorry if I missed...

Aug 22, 2012 · To form a singular possessive, add 's to most singular nouns—even those ending in -s, -ss, and -x (hence, Jones's, Nichols's, witness's, Vitex's). ... There are four exceptions to this rule: (1) The possessives of personal pronouns do not take apostrophes ( ours , …

Jul 29, 2014 · Possess and its derivatives are another exception; the middle "ss" is voiced to /z/. The terminating "ss" is not. Other miscellaneous exceptions: The -ss- in the American state name Missouri is also exceptionally pronounced /z/. In raspberry, the p is silent and the [s] assimilates to the /b/, so is voiced to /z/.

Feb 18, 2016 · If the final sound in the base of the word is voiced, we use the voiced alveolar sibilant /z/. If the last sound in the base is an unvoiced consonant, we use /s/.

What's the difference between a single and a double quotation mark in English? I've heard that it only depends on where you live the US (for double quotation mark) or the UK and Australia (for single