--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > And "its" as a possessive never, EVER has an > > > apostrophe. > > > > Judy, don't come down too hard down on her. This would be a typical > > German thing to do. In German, possessives are written with > > apostrophes. The problem in Germany right now is, that the English > > usage has mixed through popular culture so much that both versions > > are officially accepted now. > > That's what illiterates would have you believe. :-) > > It's not true, no matter what you might have heard. > The misuse of 'its' and 'it's' is one of the easiest > ways to tell whether a writer of English cares enough > about the readers of his or her writing to use it > properly. I would venture to say that there is no > book of English grammar out there that presents > this misuse as "acceptable."
Please Barry, I was referring to the German use. Here again: Apostrophe is correct for German possessive (genitive) Example: Michael's Brief Correct English: Michaels post. The mixed English German, Michaels Brief, formerly wrong has now been labeled as acceptable use in the Duden. Both Michaels Brief and Michael's Brief are correct now - in German.
