Ha, ha! I'm a professional writer who makes that mistake a lot - in quickly-composed e-mails!
There's a huge difference between formal and informal writing! I'd be sorry if anyone to hesitated to add a post because their English skills might not be quite up to the highest standards of formal writing. One of the beauties of human language, including English, is its (note the lack of an apostrophe) high level of redundancy that allows us to use wrong words, leave out words (one of my most common e-mail mistakes) or to occasionally throw in a punctuation mark incorrectly, yet the meaning remains crystal clear. E-mails are, to me, more like casual conversation than "writing". Thankfully! Hope your arm heals quickly. Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- Hello everyone, It's been a long time since my last post to the reflector, but I currently have lots of time on my hands (maybe too much)while my broken left arm (upper end of humerus bone) mends. I hope you will read this in the way it is indended - - simply for information, not criticism. The Elecraft reflector is one of the best I've ever read. Its users are thoughtful and well-informed IMHO. But I cannot resist the urge to clarify the difference between two frequently misspelled or misused homonyms: ITS and IT'S. The contraction "it's" literally means "it is." However, as I recall from the tough syntax lessons I learned, the possessive pronoun "its" takes no apostrophe to indicate the possessive sense we intend. Thanks for the bandwidth, and drop me a note if you'd care to indulge me in a CW QSO. But be warned: even a broken left arm makes CW tough to generate, even for a right-handed ham :~). 73, Steve Banks K0PQ _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
