[Gllug] re: grammar

Martin A. Brooks martin at clues.ltd.uk
Fri Sep 3 10:01:24 UTC 2004


On Fri, 2004-09-03 at 10:57, t.clarke wrote:
> Since grammar seems to have cropped up again, and harking back to a previous
> post,  what precisely is wrong with  " typo's "  ?

In that context the apostrophe is associative.

> I thought that an apostrophe to replace missing characters in an abbreviated
> word was perfectly normal !

Not according to my English teacher.

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Martin A. Brooks <martin at clues.ltd.uk>
Clues Ltd

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