On 30 December 2010 07:21, Da Rock <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12/30/10 15:52, [email protected] wrote: >> >> 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 :)) >> > > I find most teenagers (and getting older too) can't tell the difference- and > its not their keyboards. > > Oddly enough, their teachers do it on a regular basis as well: in their > handwriting!
This teacher doesn't thank you very much! That is, if the poor kids can read my writing.... Chris _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
