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Re: The standard Pascal web site, moved and updated!

by Keith Bowes <keith_bowes@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Dec 23, 2007 at 05:05 AM

gedumer1 wrote:
> 
> It's versus Its.
> 
> There's no shortcut; all you can do is memorize the rule. It's with an 
> apostrophe means it is (or, a little less often and a little less
formally, 
> it has); its without an apostrophe means belonging to it. An analogue
might 
> provide a mnemonic: think of "he's" ("he is" gets an apostrophe) and
"his" 
> ("belonging to him" doesn't).

Yes, I'm sure we're all aware (all of us native speakers, at least). 
It's just that sometimes we make a mistake.

> 
> What about its', with the apostrophe after the s? - Never, never, never.

> Wrong, wrong, wrong. Not in this language, you don't.

Of course not.  You wouldn't say its'.  You'd say their.
 




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The standard Pascal web site, moved and updated!
scott moore <nospam@[E  2007-11-28 01:07:17 
Re: The standard Pascal web site, moved and updated!
Marco van de Voort <ma  2007-11-28 14:50:56 
Re: The standard Pascal web site, moved and updated!
scott moore <nospam@[E  2007-11-29 23:36:21 
Re: The standard Pascal web site, moved and updated!
scott moore <nospam@[E  2007-11-30 00:10:35 
Re: The standard Pascal web site, moved and updated!
Marco van de Voort <ma  2007-11-30 08:38:41 
Re: The standard Pascal web site, moved and updated!
scott moore <nospam@[E  2007-12-01 19:01:06 
Re: The standard Pascal web site, moved and updated!
Marco van de Voort <ma  2007-12-02 12:17:14 
Re: The standard Pascal web site, moved and updated!
scott moore <nospam@[E  2007-12-03 23:39:48 
Re: The standard Pascal web site, moved and updated!
"Chris Burrows"  2007-12-05 09:57:36 
Re: The standard Pascal web site, moved and updated!
scott moore <nospam@[E  2007-12-05 00:41:26 
Re: The standard Pascal web site, moved and updated!
Marco van de Voort <ma  2007-12-08 16:45:55 
Re: The standard Pascal web site, moved and updated!
scott moore <nospam@[E  2007-12-09 18:06:47 
Re: The standard Pascal web site, moved and updated!
Richard Engebretson <e  2007-11-29 06:47:30 
Re: The standard Pascal web site, moved and updated!
scott moore <nospam@[E  2007-11-29 23:41:53 
Re: The standard Pascal web site, moved and updated!
Rene Kita <renekita@[E  2007-11-30 13:16:24 
Re: The standard Pascal web site, moved and updated!
scott moore <nospam@[E  2007-12-01 19:01:45 
Re: The standard Pascal web site, moved and updated!
"gedumer1" <  2007-12-06 19:06:24 
Re: The standard Pascal web site, moved and updated!
"gedumer1" <  2007-12-06 19:10:15 
Re: The standard Pascal web site, moved and updated!
"Chris Burrows"  2007-12-07 13:01:29 
Re: The standard Pascal web site, moved and updated!
scott moore <nospam@[E  2007-12-09 18:07:39 
Re: The standard Pascal web site, moved and updated!
Keith Bowes <keith_bow  2007-12-23 05:05:29 
Re: The standard Pascal web site, moved and updated!
Richard Engebretson <e  2007-11-30 04:10:35 
Re: The standard Pascal web site, moved and updated!
scott moore <nospam@[E  2007-12-01 19:00:17 

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