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

[Jim Bailey]

On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 01:48:33PM +0000, John Winters wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 13:41, Simon Stewart wrote:
> > On Tuesday, Nov 26, 2002, at 08:38 Europe/London, John Winters wrote:
> > >
> > > "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.
> > 
> > Was I the only one that was taught that if the word ends in an S, then 
> > the singular possessive (I think it is :) can omit a trailing "s" and 
> > just make do with an apostrophe?
> 
> I hope so.  Perhaps you could sue your teacher?
>
Me too, but if I was going to sue the people who "taught" me grammar
would be quite a way down on my lists of complaints.

I am not bitter just damaged. :D

Peace Jim

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