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Can the contraction has 's be added to any noun?
The roof's a leak.
The roof has a leak.
5 Answers
- busterwasmycatLv 71 month agoFavourite answer
Not that way. We cannot contract the primary verb except for the basic is or are (he's here, we're home!). We can only contract other words when they are secondary (auxiliaries can be contracted). The roof's leaking, you could say. But not the roof's a leak because that would mean "the roof is a leak" based on rule 1 about contracting is and are. Clearly the roof is not a leak, it has a leak, or it is leaking (it's leaking)
- ?Lv 61 month ago
s only when the noun is plural,
cars
the car is in bad shape,=,,,, the car's in bad shape
the cars' headlight is broken ......cars' is possessive
my dog is sick = ,my dog's sick
- VivianLv 51 month ago
The contraction of 's is of is. That can only able to be added to singular nouns since the contraction of plural nouns is 're being of are.
- GuantanamoGeorgeLv 71 month ago
No. You can only use "'s" in place of "has" when it's part of the present perfect. "He has been sick lately." "He's been sick lately." In other sentences it's likely to be confused with "'s" used in place of "is."