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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....

Thanks,
David

John McWilliams wrote:
[]
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....

Thanks,
David

Colin D wrote:
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I am ahead. Modern English (as in the UK, New Zealand, etc.) has
largely dropped the period in Dr, Mr etc. Americam mileage may be
different.

Colin D.

Yes, quite! If that sort of thing interests you, look for the book "The
Adventure of English 500 AD-2000 " by Melvin Bragg, ISBN: 0340829915. A
good read!

Cheers,
David

Colin D wrote:
[]
I am ahead. Modern English (as in the UK, New Zealand, etc.) has
largely dropped the period in Dr, Mr etc. Americam mileage may be
different.

Colin D.

Yes, quite! If that sort of thing interests you, look for the book "The
Adventure of English 500 AD-2000 " by Melvin Bragg, ISBN: 0340829915. A
good read!

Cheers,
David

On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 12:04:27 -0700, "Mark M"
wrote:


"Brian C. Baird" wrote in message
. ..
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???

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

Bill Funk
Change "g" to "a"

On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 12:04:27 -0700, "Mark M"
wrote:


"Brian C. Baird" wrote in message
. ..
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???

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

Bill Funk
Change "g" to "a"

"Mark M" wrote in message news:2w6Wc.93394$Lj.76730@fed1read03...
"Alan Browne" wrote in message
.. .
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."

... and on usenet, obsession with punctuation and grammar is
usually the sign of somebody with little else valuable to say.

Tony was just in a bad mood.


Always

"Mark M" wrote in message news:2w6Wc.93394$Lj.76730@fed1read03...
"Alan Browne" wrote in message
.. .
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."

... and on usenet, obsession with punctuation and grammar is
usually the sign of somebody with little else valuable to say.

Tony was just in a bad mood.


Always

David J Taylor wrote:
John McWilliams wrote:
[]

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!!!

David J Taylor wrote:
John McWilliams wrote:
[]

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!!!