You can say that again |
Seetha
| Do you like this song? I am sick and tired of it. |
Geetha
|
What is the reason for that? Don't you like its music?
|
Seetha
| That is not the case. This song is played way too often on the radio |
Geetha
|
You can say that again. even it is a beautiful song, when we hear it too often we tend to dislike it.
|
You can say that again - I agree with you
Sick and tired - hate
Grammar tips .....
Possession
(possessive nouns and others)
We normally
use ‘s for people or animals
The girl’s
name / horse’s tail / a woman’s hat / the manager’s office / Mary’s eyes
when it is a
plural noun - we put
‘ ( apostrophe) after the s
sisters’ house
/ students' union
when the plural noun doesn’t end in s
men’s room / children’s game
Ex: Where is
the manager’s office?
How small are Mary’s eyes?
This is not my book. It is my brother’s
Sometimes we
use “of “
What is the
name of the man who lent us the money?
He a friend of
my sister’s
We can use ‘s
time expressions
Yesterday’s
newspaper / next week’s meeting / today’s match / this evening’s class /
Monday’s teledrama
A week’s
holiday / ten minutes’ walk
Ex- He has got
a week’s holiday
She has got three weeks’ holiday
Next week’s meeting has been cancelled
I live near the station. It is only
about ten minutes’ walk ( a ten-minute walk )
We normally
use “of “ for things and ideas
The door of
the garage, the name of the book , the
owner of the restaurant ( garage door, restaurant owner)
The back of the
car, the beginning of the letter, the
end of the movie, the bottom of my heart
The front of
the car, the top of the building
Ex: Who is the
owner of the restaurant?
I was in the back of the car when the
accident happened
The
government’s decision or the decision of the government
The company’s
success or success of the company
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