Charlie Kester <[email protected]> wrote: > Most of the time, possessives are formed with apostrophe+s. I'm > not sure, but "its" might be the only exception to the rule ...
"It's" seems to be the most common misusage, but I have seen "her's", "our's", and occasionally "their's". Interestingly, I've never seen anyone write "hi's" when meaning "his". > On the other hand, people who write "loose" when they mean "lose" > deserve our most scathing scorn. :) Perhaps they have merely lost their linguistic bearings. Innaddverttentt ddoubblle llettterss ccann occcassionnallly bbee ccaussedd bby ffllakkeey kkeeybbooarddss :)) _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
