RE: OT -- "its" vs "it's"

Subject: RE: OT -- "its" vs "it's"
From: Victoria Camgros <vcamgros -at- persistence -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 09:42:09 -0800

At 05:04 PM 1/8/01 +0000, Peter Hirons wrote:

I'll often ask them to clarify what, belonging to it, they are referring to.
It winds them up sometimes but, in general, they eventually learn to get it
right (at least in corresponding with me).

I get equally incensed with grocers' apostrophes (or should that be
apostrophe's?) and plurals (mostly of acronyms) that somehow gain an
apostrophe.

Best fun for me is grocers' quotes in signage: GRADE "A" BEEF
I wanted to ask what it really was, but figured it would just tweak them off.

Vickie


^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Develop HTML-based Help with Macromedia Dreamweaver! (STC Discount.)
**NEW DATE/LOCATION!** January 16-17, 2001, New York, NY.
http://www.weisner.com/training/dreamweaver_help.htm or 800-646-9989.

Sponsored by DigiPub Solutions Corp, producers of PDF 2001 Conference East, June 4-5, Baltimore/Washington D.C. area.
http://www.pdfconference.com or toll-free 877/278-2131.
---
You are currently subscribed to techwr-l as: archive -at- raycomm -dot- com
To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-techwr-l-obscured -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
Send administrative questions to ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com -dot- Visit http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info.


Previous by Author: Re: Tips for IT Security Policy and Procedures Doc???
Next by Author: Re: Disclaimer in Beta Docs?
Previous by Thread: RE: OT -- "its" vs "it's"
Next by Thread: Re: OT -- "its" vs "it's"


What this post helpful? Share it with friends and colleagues:


Sponsored Ads