Re: [NTLK] New Newton Site

Hmm.. I believe the fragment should actually read:

"...the system alive until Apple gets its act together....

Apple is a singular entity, therefore look at that same fragment and
substitute "the company" for Apple, and you will see the ways of the
force, young Skywalker.

And that is my Schoolhouse Rock moment for the day. Back to work....

On Feb 2, 2007, at 4:22 PM, William Pociengel wrote:

> Joost van de Griek wrote:
>> William Pociengel wrote:
> <snip>
>>> should be:
>>> the system alive until Apple gets their act together and launches
>>> a new
>>> Newton. With this
>>
>> "Get", not "gets".
>
> I believe the 's' is required to announce the possessive form of get.
> reading the sentence out loud will convince you of this, IMHO.

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