On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 17:42, Charlie Kester <corky1...@comcast.net> wrote: > Most of the time, possessives are formed with apostrophe+s. I'm not > sure, but "its" might be the only exception to the rule. So I tend to be > more forgiving when people get it wrong -- especially when English is > not their native tongue. >
It is not an exception - just the only one that's confusing. Apostrophes for possessives only applies to nouns, not pronouns (its, hers, yours, etc.). "It's" recieves an apostrophe because it is a contraction, like "that's." Supposedly, English has a lot more homonyms than other languages. -- Rob Farmer _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
