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

[Pete Ryland]

On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 12:00:52PM +1300, 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
> 
> I have never really understood why it is people find apostrophes so
> difficult.  There are only three things to remember: possession (genitive
> case), contraction and NO PLURALS!

I think part of the problem is that "its" is possesive and all possesives
have an apostrophe (right?!) and that everyone knows that the word "it's"
exists, so that must be the corect form...  seems logical enough.

Pete

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