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To: A_perfect_lady

Maybe you can give classes in the use of the apostrophe to members of FR.


16 posted on 12/03/2012 6:19:59 AM PST by kabumpo (Kabumpo)
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To: A_perfect_lady

Maybe you can give classes in the use of the apostrophe to members of FR.

I'm afraid that it wouldn't take. The overwhelming majority cannot conceive of how "its" is different from "it's." And almost no one on FR can understand that the plural of proper nouns is not made by placing an apostrophe at the end of the word followed by an "s." It's the result of lack of attention when reading works by authors who know the English language.

23 posted on 12/03/2012 7:19:58 AM PST by OldPossum
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To: kabumpo; A_perfect_lady
Maybe you can give classes in the use of the apostrophe to members of FR.

Please include the difference between there, their, and they're?
26 posted on 12/03/2012 1:40:15 PM PST by Peet (Everything has an end -- only the sausage has two.)
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