David S. Jackson wrote:
[...]
> contraction. people get thrown by the apostrophe. however, we're
> adopting a normative level of usage here on the list, I would say,
> rather than a traditionally conservative one. i'd say the English
[...]
Normative usage? Good idea. A stroll through my local market
recently convinced me that normative usage now regards "'s" as
a marker for plural nouns (apple's, banana's etc). I shall
therefore henceforth be using "it's" where I would hitherto have
used "they" or "them".
[I suggested this to the people in my office, but it's didn't
think it's a good idea. Tough - it's it's that'll have the
problem when it's don't undertand I.]
^(I can do that -
it be my native dialect).
Jon Moore.
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