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To: arthurus

Just pointing out the exception to the rule of plurals. LOL

And what about the word they’re. I see a plural and an apostrophe (choose one: there, they’re, their) ;-)

Sometimes rules are helpful and sometime rules confuse.

I’m thinking of people who don’t understand decimals who tell me the rules of decimals all work backwards to the right of the decimal. The worst rule ever.


234 posted on 08/30/2015 1:05:39 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: ladyjane

It is a contraction, the other apostrophe use. “they are” is contracted to “they’re” with the letter “a” missing. I don’t use that one.


235 posted on 08/30/2015 1:08:04 PM PDT by arthurus (It's true.)
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