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

John wrote:
On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 23:06:13 +1200, Colin D
wrote:

Tony Spadaro wrote:

Mark, you might want to point out to that nerk John that pros don't
put an apostrophy in the word.
"Pro's don't use 35mm."
What a maroon!

Err, they should, though, it's an abbreviation not ending in the last
letter of the full word.

From this we can see that Spadaro knows a little more about
English than about photography.


Here. this might make it easier all around. A pro's prose.

http://www.apostrophe.fsnet.co.uk/
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"John" wrote in message
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On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 23:06:13 +1200, Colin D
wrote:

Tony Spadaro wrote:

Mark, you might want to point out to that nerk John that pros don't put
an
apostrophy in the word.
"Pro's don't use 35mm."
What a maroon!

Err, they should, though, it's an abbreviation not ending in the last
letter of the full word.

From this we can see that Spadaro knows a little more about
English than about photography.

So...now that we've descended into typing issues (yipe!)...
All of you guys razzing Tony are DEAD WRONG.

It is NEVER appropriate to use an apostrophe to indicate a plural.
NEVER EVER.

So there.

(smile)
g
OK?
I'm smiling, see?
--But it's true.

"Mark M" wrote in message
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"John" wrote in message
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On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 23:06:13 +1200, Colin D
wrote:

Tony Spadaro wrote:

Mark, you might want to point out to that nerk John that pros don't
put
an
apostrophy in the word.
"Pro's don't use 35mm."
What a maroon!

Err, they should, though, it's an abbreviation not ending in the last
letter of the full word.

From this we can see that Spadaro knows a little more about
English than about photography.

So...now that we've descended into typing issues (yipe!)...
All of you guys razzing Tony are DEAD WRONG.

It is NEVER appropriate to use an apostrophe to indicate a plural.
NEVER EVER.

So there.

(smile)
g
OK?
I'm smiling, see?
--But it's true.

How about plural possessive......as in something belonging to a group? Like,
the peoples' clothes?

That's all right John still has never found the eally appropriate place for
his talent as Bedlam and Maudlin have been closed.

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"John" wrote in message
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On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 23:06:13 +1200, Colin D
wrote:

Tony Spadaro wrote:

Mark, you might want to point out to that nerk John that pros don't
put
an
apostrophy in the word.
"Pro's don't use 35mm."
What a maroon!

Err, they should, though, it's an abbreviation not ending in the last
letter of the full word.

From this we can see that Spadaro knows a little more about
English than about photography.

So...now that we've descended into typing issues (yipe!)...
All of you guys razzing Tony are DEAD WRONG.

It is NEVER appropriate to use an apostrophe to indicate a plural.
NEVER EVER.

So there.

(smile)
g
OK?
I'm smiling, see?
--But it's true.

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"John" wrote in message
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On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 23:06:13 +1200, Colin D
wrote:

Tony Spadaro wrote:

Mark, you might want to point out to that nerk John that pros don't
put
an
apostrophy in the word.
"Pro's don't use 35mm."
What a maroon!

Err, they should, though, it's an abbreviation not ending in the last
letter of the full word.

From this we can see that Spadaro knows a little more about
English than about photography.

So...now that we've descended into typing issues (yipe!)...
All of you guys razzing Tony are DEAD WRONG.

It is NEVER appropriate to use an apostrophe to indicate a plural.
NEVER EVER.

So there.

(smile)
g
OK?
I'm smiling, see?
--But it's true.

How about plural possessive......as in something belonging to a group?
Like,
the peoples' clothes?

But that's consistent with what I'm saying in that the apostrophe does not
indicate a plural.
It indicates posession.
An apostrophe never indicates a plural.

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On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 23:06:13 +1200, Colin D

wrote:

Tony Spadaro wrote:

Mark, you might want to point out to that nerk John that pros
don't
put
an
apostrophy in the word.
"Pro's don't use 35mm."
What a maroon!

Err, they should, though, it's an abbreviation not ending in the
last
letter of the full word.

From this we can see that Spadaro knows a little more about
English than about photography.

So...now that we've descended into typing issues (yipe!)...
All of you guys razzing Tony are DEAD WRONG.

It is NEVER appropriate to use an apostrophe to indicate a plural.
NEVER EVER.

So there.

(smile)
g
OK?
I'm smiling, see?
--But it's true.

How about plural possessive......as in something belonging to a group?
Like,
the peoples' clothes?

But that's consistent with what I'm saying in that the apostrophe does not
indicate a plural.
It indicates posession.
An apostrophe never indicates a plural.



OK....So you could say, "the pros' cameras", but you would put the
apostrophe after the s.

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On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 23:06:13 +1200, Colin D

wrote:

Tony Spadaro wrote:

Mark, you might want to point out to that nerk John that pros
don't
put
an
apostrophy in the word.
"Pro's don't use 35mm."
What a maroon!

Err, they should, though, it's an abbreviation not ending in the
last
letter of the full word.

From this we can see that Spadaro knows a little more about
English than about photography.

So...now that we've descended into typing issues (yipe!)...
All of you guys razzing Tony are DEAD WRONG.

It is NEVER appropriate to use an apostrophe to indicate a plural.
NEVER EVER.

So there.

(smile)
g
OK?
I'm smiling, see?
--But it's true.

How about plural possessive......as in something belonging to a group?
Like,
the peoples' clothes?

But that's consistent with what I'm saying in that the apostrophe does
not
indicate a plural.
It indicates posession.
An apostrophe never indicates a plural.



OK....So you could say, "the pros' cameras", but you would put the
apostrophe after the s.

Now you're talkin'!

In article sv6Wc.93393$Lj.66946@fed1read03, mjmorgan2
@goaway.cox.unless.no.crap.net says...
Use of an apostrophe wouldn't apply to an abbreviation anyway unless you're
showing posession...
It ain't not gonna's work's them's way's like's he's done's it.

Right now I'm looking at a poster I got from a Canadian cartoonist named
Steve Notley. It's called: "BOB'S QUICK GUIDE TO THE APOSTROPHE, YOU
IDIOTS."
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"Brian C. Baird" wrote in message
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In article sv6Wc.93393$Lj.66946@fed1read03, mjmorgan2
@goaway.cox.unless.no.crap.net says...
Use of an apostrophe wouldn't apply to an abbreviation anyway unless
you're
showing posession...
It ain't not gonna's work's them's way's like's he's done's it.

Right now I'm looking at a poster I got from a Canadian cartoonist named
Steve Notley. It's called: "BOB'S QUICK GUIDE TO THE APOSTROPHE, YOU
IDIOTS."

And???

In article _crWc.98065$Lj.5283@fed1read03, mjmorgan2
@goaway.cox.unless.no.crap.net says...

Right now I'm looking at a poster I got from a Canadian cartoonist named
Steve Notley. It's called: "BOB'S QUICK GUIDE TO THE APOSTROPHE, YOU
IDIOTS."

And???

There's no point to my stories, you know that.
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