On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 19:20, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 18:31, Steve Holdoway wrote: > > On Thu, September 15, 2005 3:49 pm, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > > > <grave action="dig" owner="self"> > > > > > > You might want to investigate the use of apostrophies between the > > > letters "it" and "s"... ;) > > > > > > </grave> > > > > <pedant> > > apostrophes > > </pedant> > > > > Get digging (: > > <pedantry type='total'> > There is only one apostrophe associated with the words "its" and "it's" > so the above sentence should read:- > You need to investigate the use of the apostrophe in, and meanings of, the > words "its" and "it's". > > The apostrophe substitutes for the letter i and the preceding space in the > word pair "it is". The word "its" ( no apostrophe ) is the possesive of > "it". The one exception to the use of the apostrophe to signify the > possesive. </pedantry> > > Isn't the English language so much fun? :-) > > Now all we need to do is to get the use of their, there, and the're sorted > out, and we'll be able to tell the dotty slashers where to go. <corrigendum> "their", "there" and "they're" </corrigendum> ;)
-- Clinersterton beademung, with all of love - RIP James Blish ----- Mau e ki, he aha te mea nui? You ask, what is the most important thing? Maku e ki, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata. I reply, it is people, it is people, it is people.
