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What if the 's is not a possessive but an elision, like in the contractions of has and is?Are the following sentences correct?
Alex's got a coldMax's doing his homeworkthe ox's runningthe ox's finished the hay
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What if the 's is not a possessive but an elision, like in the contractions of has and is?
Are the following sentences correct?
Alex's got a cold
Max's doing his homework
the ox's running
the ox's finished the hay
Thank you