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Subject:Re: It's and its From:Tracy Boyington <trlyboyi -at- GENESIS -dot- ODVTE -dot- STATE -dot- OK -dot- US> Date:Tue, 25 Jun 1996 14:30:15 +0000
> Angela, it's not "it(')s" specifically that people have the problem
> with, it's the whole apostrophe-s thing. It seems that more and more,
> an 's' is not allowed to exist at the end of a word without being
> broken loose by an apostrophe.
I saw a funny sig line the other day...
Grammar lesson for the millenia:
An apostrophe does not mean "Look out! There's an 'S' coming!"
Tracy
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Tracy Boyington trlyboyi -at- genesis -dot- odvte -dot- state -dot- ok -dot- us
Technical Communication Specialist
Oklahoma Department of Vocational & Technical Education
Stillwater, Oklahoma
I never express opinions, but if one slips out, it belongs
to me and not ODVTE.
"I think I did pretty well, considering I started out
with nothing but a bunch of blank paper."
-- Steve Martin
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