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Posted by rf on 07/10/07 01:51
"Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@centralva.net> wrote in message
news:a79bd$4692e055$40cba7c2$18752@NAXS.COM...
> dorayme wrote:
>> In article <slrnf95kfi.me5.no.spam@thurston.blinkynet.net>,
>> Blinky the Shark <no.spam@box.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> "there". "their" is a possessive, as in "it's their new car".
>>
>> You sure about this?
>>
> Yup. *it's* contraction of *it is* and *their* is the possessive form of
> *they*. Seems correct to me.
Perhaps dorayme is thinking about the third flavour, as in:
It's there, their new car, _they're_ about to open its doors. There, it's
done, its doors're open.
--
Richard.
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