"my friends've just arrived" or is the contraction wrong here?
2007-02-21 08:31:19 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
Technically this is correct, but it sounds odd. Odd isn't wrong. I need a rule.
2007-02-21 08:41:21 · update #1
uuuummmmm i tink so
2007-02-21 08:34:32 · answer #1 · answered by Dude! 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its not right. It should be written "My friends have just arrived." though "friends've" does make sense in a weird way...Its not a word. You're not going to find it in the dictionary like you would the words "haven't", "won't", or "I've"
2007-02-21 16:48:51 · answer #2 · answered by Sarah 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
friends've is not correct english. You should avoid using contractions when writing all together. However if you are just takling to, say another friend, then it is fine
2007-02-21 16:39:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
the contraction is right is just doenst sound right. I would suggest just using the words. my friends have just arrived sounds much better.
2007-02-21 16:36:19 · answer #4 · answered by jnowicki06 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is wrong. The apostrophe is used to replace ONE missing character. e.g. O in Has Not = Hasn't
Hioe this makes sense.
2007-02-21 16:35:12 · answer #5 · answered by Aslan, reborn 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think its alryt cos thats the way ad say it but most people wud ryt "my friends have just arrived" so thats why i think it looks a bit weird but it makes sense so its alryt...
2007-02-22 13:59:18 · answer #6 · answered by bad to the bone 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What I think is is that there is no such thing as that contraction I believe that it should look like this:
My friends have just arrived.
Hope it works!
2007-02-21 16:37:45 · answer #7 · answered by trail_2_eagle09 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Thats right. Except for a capital m lol
2007-02-21 16:34:26 · answer #8 · answered by jeanimus 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
That is completely wong I am afraid. It has to be my friends have just arrived.
2007-02-21 16:35:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its correct
2007-02-22 14:01:24 · answer #10 · answered by rose_brit3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My friends have just arrived...
2007-02-21 16:34:30 · answer #11 · answered by tizzy 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋