On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 07:06:29 +, Tim Roberts wrote:
My own name gives me trouble with this. There is disagreement in the
curmudgeon world as to whether I should refer to the Roberts' computer,
or the Roberts's computer.
I guess I'll just have to keep saying that damn computer.
In
Steven D'Aprano [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Bengt Richter wrote:
Typos happen to all of us, but in case you hadn't realized what it's
is a contraction for (it is), now you do, and you can save yourself further
embarrassment (assuming you care ;-).
If your friends won't tell you, who will ;-)
Typos happen to all of us, but in case you hadn't realized what it's
is a contraction for (it is), now you do, and you can save yourself further
embarrassment (assuming you care ;-).
If your friends won't tell you, who will ;-)
Write the contraction it's only when you want its meaning
to be it
Bengt Richter wrote:
Typos happen to all of us, but in case you hadn't realized what it's
is a contraction for (it is), now you do, and you can save yourself further
embarrassment (assuming you care ;-).
If your friends won't tell you, who will ;-)
Making grammatical errors in the subject
The pronominal possessives hers, its, theirs, yours, and oneself have
no apostrophe.
Strunk White, The Elements of Style. Section II.1
The Elements is a classic masterpiece of concision and lucidity, unlike
Eats, Shoots, Sells Books, and Leaves.
rpd
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BartlebyScrivener wrote:
The pronominal possessives hers, its, theirs, yours, and oneself have
no apostrophe.
Strunk White, The Elements of Style. Section II.1
The Elements is a classic masterpiece of concision and lucidity, unlike
Eats, Shoots, Sells Books, and Leaves.
Which is however
Bengt Richter wrote:
Typos happen to all of us, but in case you hadn't realized what it's
is a contraction for (it is), now you do, and you can save yourself further
embarrassment (assuming you care ;-).
If your friends won't tell you, who will ;-)
Maybe we can also hold forth on which vs.
Fuzzyman wrote:
BartlebyScrivener wrote:
The pronominal possessives hers, its, theirs, yours, and oneself have
no apostrophe.
Strunk White, The Elements of Style. Section II.1
The Elements is a classic masterpiece of concision and lucidity, unlike
Eats, Shoots, Sells Books, and
Fuzzyman wrote:
BartlebyScrivener wrote:
The pronominal possessives hers, its, theirs, yours, and oneself have
no apostrophe.
Strunk White, The Elements of Style. Section II.1
The Elements is a classic masterpiece of concision and lucidity, unlike
Eats, Shoots, Sells Books, and
On 2006-01-18, Fuzzyman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Bengt Richter wrote:
Typos happen to all of us, but in case you hadn't realized what it's
is a contraction for (it is), now you do, and you can save yourself further
embarrassment (assuming you care ;-).
If your friends won't tell you, who
On 18 Jan 2006 04:19:37 -0800, Fuzzyman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Bengt Richter wrote:
Typos happen to all of us, but in case you hadn't realized what it's
is a contraction for (it is), now you do, and you can save yourself further
embarrassment (assuming you care ;-).
If your friends won't
Bengt Richter wrote:
Typos happen to all of us, but in case you hadn't realized what it's
is a contraction for (it is), now you do, and you can save yourself further
embarrassment (assuming you care ;-).
If your friends won't tell you, who will ;-)
For all three of the people on the
On 2006-01-19, Steven D'Aprano [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Typos happen to all of us, but in case you hadn't realized what it's
is a contraction for (it is), now you do, and you can save yourself further
embarrassment (assuming you care ;-).
If your friends won't tell you, who will ;-)
For all
Grant Edwards wrote:
On 2006-01-19, Steven D'Aprano [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Typos happen to all of us, but in case you hadn't realized what it's
is a contraction for (it is), now you do, and you can save yourself further
embarrassment (assuming you care ;-).
If your friends won't tell you,
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
But wait, if you follow the rules on the poster, you'd use an
apostrophe for the possive of it, right?
But not if you actually followed the link I intended to send but forgot to:
http://www.angryflower.com/its.gif
Dammit, wrong link. Serves me right for not
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