On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 18:31, Steve Holdoway wrote: > On Thu, September 15, 2005 3:49 pm, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > > <grave action="dig" owner="self"> > > > > You might want to investigate the use of apostrophies between the > > letters "it" and "s"... ;) > > > > </grave> > > <pedant> > apostrophes > </pedant> > > Get digging (:
<pedantry type='total'> There is only one apostrophe associated with the words "its" and "it's" so the above sentence should read:- You need to investigate the use of the apostrophe in, and meanings of, the words "its" and "it's". The apostrophe substitutes for the letter i and the preceding space in the word pair "it is". The word "its" ( no apostrophe ) is the possesive of "it". The one exception to the use of the apostrophe to signify the possesive. </pedantry> Isn't the English language so much fun? :-) Now all we need to do is to get the use of their, there, and the're sorted out, and we'll be able to tell the dotty slashers where to go. -- CS
