James Stroud wrote: > Aahz wrote: >> In article <gi4834$la...@zinnia.noc.ucla.edu>, >> James Stroud <jstr...@mbi.ucla.edu> wrote: >>> In case its not obvious: >> >> Ah, so that's where Bruno's extra apostrophe came from! ;-) >> >> >> (Sorry about the spelling flame, but seeing three posts in quick >> succession with incorrect spelling of its/it's pushed me into making a >> public comment.) > > Yes. I think it was the British who decided that the apostrophe rule for > "it" would be reversed from normal usage relative to just about every > other noun. I'm not sure the purpose--maybe it was to give compulsive > proofreaders a raison d'etre.
In fact it applies to personal pronouns generally, though in English most personal pronouns have an irregular genitive. I me my mine you you your yours he him his his she her her hers it it its its we us our ours you you your yours they them their theirs regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
