Aye, laddie. robert and benita rabello wrote:
> Thomas Kelly wrote: > >>>There's no apostrophe in its as used below: >>>A car company can move it's factories to Mexico and claim it's a free >>>market. >>> >>> >> >> That would be the first its, ; right Miss Grundy.? >> >> > > Possessive "its" in Standard English does not have an apostrophe, > to distinguish it from the contraction "it's"--meaning "it is." Using > the apostrophe in the possessive form for the word its is a very > common mistake that I've actually heard TAUGHT er . . . > (erroneously? eronneously? I HATE spelling in this language!) > incorrectly in a 6th grade classroom. > > If you'd ever like to learn the meaning of frustration, try > teaching this concept to a 7 year old! (Or teaching spelling to me!) > >robert luis rabello >"The Edge of Justice" >"The Long Journey" >New Adventure for Your Mind >http://www.newadventure.ca > >Ranger Supercharger Project Page >http://www.members.shaw.ca/rabello/ > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Biofuel mailing list >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
