Sam,
Y'all sho don't know how ta talk suthen. Thuh possiv of "his" be
his'n. 8-)
Michael (who is learning to talk "suthen" in anticpation of the move to
Georgia in January)
On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Oct 2000 22:31:14 -0400, L.D. Best wrote:
>
> >> I tell you yet again: "IT'S" is NOT the possessive of "IT";
> >> this is a contraction meaning "IT IS." The possessive has no
> >> apostrophe.
>
> > If it doesn't *HAVE* an apostrophe, then how can it be possessive???
>
> Hi:
>
> For example, "his" is a possessive pronoun.
> Would you rather that we should write "hi's" ?
>
> All the best,
>
> Sam Heywood
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