On Fri, 21 Dec 2001 15:26:45 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael G
Schwern) wrote:
> I can never keep it straight when to put an apostrophe on /it'?s/
See news:alt.possessive.its.has.no.apostrophe :)
> The Apostrophilic Jihad could submit a patch
See below
> after meditating on this: http://www
On Fri, 21 Dec 2001, Michael G Schwern wrote:
> I can never keep it straight when to put an apostrophe on /it'?s/
It's very simple. If you can replace the "its" with "it is", then there's
an apostrophe to denote the contraction.
If you need another simple rule, think about this: "hers, his, i
On Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 03:13:12PM -0500, Aaron J Mackey wrote:
>
> On Fri, 21 Dec 2001, Michael G Schwern wrote:
>
> > I can never keep it straight when to put an apostrophe on /it'?s/
>
> It's very simple. If you can replace the "its" with "it is", then there's
> an apostrophe to denote the
On Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 09:48:22AM +0100, Philip Newton wrote:
> > after meditating on this: http://www.angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif
>
> That oversimplifies things a bit; the rule "possessive things take
> apostrophe-s" doesn't apply to pronouns.
Fascinating. Thanks for the patch.
--
Michael
