Re: [NTLK] New Newton Site

English vs. American:
a corporation in the UK is always "they" - plural ("they get");
in the US it's always "it" - singular ("it gets").

On 2. Feb, 2007, at 16:22, 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.
>
> william
> --
> This is the NewtonTalk list - http://www.newtontalk.net/ for all
> inquiries
> Official Newton FAQ: http://www.chuma.org/newton/faq/
> WikiWikiNewt for all kinds of articles: http://tools.unna.org/
> wikiwikinewt/
>

-- 
This is the NewtonTalk list - http://www.newtontalk.net/ for all inquiries
Official Newton FAQ: http://www.chuma.org/newton/faq/
WikiWikiNewt for all kinds of articles: http://tools.unna.org/wikiwikinewt/