Re: [NTLK] OT: The apostrophe...

From: LA GREEN (lagoff1_at_hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Aug 05 2002 - 10:02:29 EDT


THIS popeed up on my newton this morning, my kwoter pkg. i copied it word
for word apostrophe for apostophe. HTH

It's is not, it isn't aint, and it's it's not its, if you mean it is. If
you don't it's its. It isnt our's either. It's ours, and likewise yours
and theirs.
Oxford University Press, express News

LAG

>From: "Humphreys, David (URB)" <david.humphreys_at_honeywell.com>
>
>**The apostrophe**
>
>There are just two reasons to use an apostrophe:
>
>1. To indicate omission.
>
>2. To indicate possession.
>
>When the apostrophe is used with a plural noun:
>
>

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