[Gllug] Monthly GLLUG grammar report (Seriously OT now!)

[John Winters]

On Mon, 2002-11-25 at 23:15, Dylan wrote:
> On Monday 25 November 2002 23:00, Jonathan Harker wrote:
> > On Tuesday 26 Nov 2002 10:35 am, Dylan wrote:
> > > > Your welcome             =   You're welcome
> > >
> > > The baneful apostrophe. Still, if we were taught what they were for
> > > rather than when to use them it might be easier!
> >
> > OH, and my favourite:
> >
> > it's = it is
> > its  = belonging to it
> 
> The problem here, I think, is that according to the basic rule they BOTH need 
> one: contraction and genitive. Why the pattern his/its/hers/yours/ours isn't 
> pointed out I'll never know!

What do you mean it isn't pointed out?  Don't children still learn?

"To show possession, put an apostrophe S on all words, singular or
plural, except where there is a plural S in which case put the
apostrophe after the S.  There are five exceptions - ours, yours, hers,
its, theirs."

One of many things we had to learn off by heart.

John

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