CANON - The Great Innovator (was: CANON – The Great Pretender)

David J Taylor wrote:
John McWilliams wrote:
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It's actually easy to sort out: To show possession, an apostrophe and
an "s" are added to a noun, e.g., "The idiot's camera is a _______".

As a contraction, you can sound out by separating the two words
to see if it makes sense, esp. for "its". "It's a shame those idiots
are bickering all the time." "The dog shook its coat."

Lord, please don't hate me for this.


John, if only the majority of the population knew and used this....

Then I'd have less to grouse about!

Let me see if I can locate a fav. sig throw away that's relevant...

--
John McWilliams

Help stamp out gratuitous apostrophe's and exclamation point's!!!

Colin D wrote:

Oops - apologies for the balls-up there. A senior moment must've
overtaken me. An abbreviation not ending in the last letter of the word
is signalled with a full stop, not an apostrophe, as in 'misc.' and
'etc.' but not in 'Dr' or 'Mr'.

American English uses the period after "Dr." and "Mr.", too.

However, Oxford acknowledges "pro" as a word, not an abbreviation, calls
it "informal", and in its first sense defines it as (1) a professional;
and (2) a prostitute. And lists "pros" as the plural.

--
Jeremy |

Colin D wrote:

Oops - apologies for the balls-up there. A senior moment must've
overtaken me. An abbreviation not ending in the last letter of the word
is signalled with a full stop, not an apostrophe, as in 'misc.' and
'etc.' but not in 'Dr' or 'Mr'.

American English uses the period after "Dr." and "Mr.", too.

However, Oxford acknowledges "pro" as a word, not an abbreviation, calls
it "informal", and in its first sense defines it as (1) a professional;
and (2) a prostitute. And lists "pros" as the plural.

--
Jeremy |

In article ,
says...
However, Oxford acknowledges "pro" as a word, not an abbreviation, calls
it "informal", and in its first sense defines it as (1) a professional;
and (2) a prostitute. And lists "pros" as the plural.

I've never called a prostitute "pro." "Ho?" yes. "Pro?" No.
--
http://www.pbase.com/bcbaird/

In article ,
says...
However, Oxford acknowledges "pro" as a word, not an abbreviation, calls
it "informal", and in its first sense defines it as (1) a professional;
and (2) a prostitute. And lists "pros" as the plural.

I've never called a prostitute "pro." "Ho?" yes. "Pro?" No.
--
http://www.pbase.com/bcbaird/

In article ,
says...
However, Oxford acknowledges "pro" as a word, not an abbreviation, calls
it "informal", and in its first sense defines it as (1) a professional;
and (2) a prostitute. And lists "pros" as the plural.

I've never called a prostitute "pro." "Ho?" yes. "Pro?" No.
--
http://www.pbase.com/bcbaird/

"Big Bill" wrote in message
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On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 16:58:44 -0700, "Skip M"
wrote:

There should be an apostrophe after "IDIOTS". :-)

Bill Funk
Change "g" to "a"

No, it's a plural, not a possessive.

Note the " :-) "?
That's a joke, son; I say, that's a joke.

Hooray for Foghorn Leghorn!

"Big Bill" wrote in message
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On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 16:58:44 -0700, "Skip M"
wrote:

There should be an apostrophe after "IDIOTS". :-)

Bill Funk
Change "g" to "a"

No, it's a plural, not a possessive.

Note the " :-) "?
That's a joke, son; I say, that's a joke.

Hooray for Foghorn Leghorn!

"Brian C. Baird" wrote in message
.. .
In article ,
says...
However, Oxford acknowledges "pro" as a word, not an abbreviation, calls
it "informal", and in its first sense defines it as (1) a professional;
and (2) a prostitute. And lists "pros" as the plural.

I've never called a prostitute "pro." "Ho?" yes. "Pro?" No.

We needn't hear the details of your personal relationships...

"Brian C. Baird" wrote in message
.. .
In article ,
says...
However, Oxford acknowledges "pro" as a word, not an abbreviation, calls
it "informal", and in its first sense defines it as (1) a professional;
and (2) a prostitute. And lists "pros" as the plural.

I've never called a prostitute "pro." "Ho?" yes. "Pro?" No.

We needn't hear the details of your personal relationships...