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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 12/09/07 00:02
Norman Peelman wrote:
> Paul Lautman wrote:
>> Norman Peelman wrote:
>>> Captain Paralytic wrote:
>>>> On 5 Dec, 22:06, Norman Peelman <npeel...@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
>>>>> Paul Lautman wrote:
>>>>>> Norman Peelman wrote:
>>>>>>> anything else should get parsed as html or it's respective
>>>>>>> mime-type.
>>>>>> http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt.possessive.its.has.no.apostrophe...
>>>>>>
>>>>> It does in the proper context... which I didn't use. :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Norm
>>>> No, there is no context where a posseive its has an apostrophe.
>>> Exactly. I didn't use it properly, it's not meant to be possessive.
>>> It's a typo.
>>
>> Err, the english is fine apart from the apostrophe. a file has a mime
>> type and so the mime type is possessed by the file, therefore the
>> "its" indicates that the file possesses a mime type.
>>
>> If you intended it as an abbreviation, you would have been saying
>> "anything else should get parsed as html or it is respective mime-type."
>>
>> which is utter nonesense.
>>
>>
>>
>
> How many times do I have to admit I should have left the apostrophe
> out. Yes, I know it was supposed to be 'its.' But hey, thanks again...
>
> ---
> Norm
>
Normal,
Don't worry about it. Paul catches me on this rather regularly, also,
and I DO know better. :-)
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