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Grammar & Apostrophes
By Jeffrey Borinsky

Paddy Handscombe wrote in 991031 MMDigest:

> With the apostrophe, it's is a contraction which only ever means
> it is or it has: "it's hot", "it's been cold", "it's a Hupfeld".
> The possessive its, as in my, thy (archaic), his, her, its, our,
> your, their, never has an apostrophe: "polish its pedals", "without
> its tracker bar".

Try telling that to your average greengrocer. He stocks:

  Carrot's, Cucumber's, and much more beside's.

George Bernard Shaw thought that the apostrophe was an abomination and
ought to be abolished.  While _we_ know how to use the little %$*?&"#
correctly, I reckon I support Shaw.  Abolish the apostrophe's now!

Jeffrey Borinsky

 [ "But Yes's, We Have No Bananana's's ..."  ;)  -- Robbie


(Message sent Mon 1 Nov 1999, 07:59:53 GMT, from time zone GMT.)

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