Hi Wol, >>> Even the possessive "Kieren's" is derived from old English "Kierenes" >>> (though even most native speakers don't know that). >> Of course, they don't need to know that because English accepts >> 's tacked onto almost anything to indicate a possessive relationship.² > Because the CORRECT possessive ending, as mentioned above, is "es". Except > it's been corrupted to " 's ". In other words, if you tack " 's " onto the > end of a word to indicate the possessive, something HAS been omitted, namely > the "e". Which is why it's wrong to use an apostrophe with the possessive > "its", because there was never an "e" there in the first place.
Thank you. You understand what I was trying to say. =) > Anybody who cares about communicating should care about language. And if you > care about language you need to care about derivation and grammar and all > that stuff. PREACH!! Kieren. ________________________________ Kieren MacMillan, composer ‣ website: www.kierenmacmillan.info ‣ email: i...@kierenmacmillan.info _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
