Re: GRAMMAR: s's vs. s'

From: Sunah.Caroline.Cherwin@pobox.com
Date: Mon Jan 27 1997 - 18:50:22 MST

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>Damien,
>
>> I'm especially tickled to see this turn into a raging controversy on a list
>> where about half the 180 IQ posters can't tell their it's from their its.
>> :) or do I mean :( ?
>
OK, this bugs me too. I'd like to draw an analogy for the its-impaired:
'its', the posessive pronoun, is like 'his' and 'hers'; no apostrophe.

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