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Posted by PeterMcC on 04/10/06 18:30
Dylan Parry wrote in
<m4iy7njfzj75.dlg@dylanparry.com>
> Pondering the eternal question of "Hobnobs or Rich Tea?", Toby Inkster
> finally proclaimed:
>
>> * -s for plural
>> * -' for posessives of nouns that already end in "s"
>> * -'s for posessives of other nouns
>>
>> tonnes of rules, yes.
>
> You forgot the caveat "possessive 'its' has no apostrophe", and of
> course plurals that use -es instead of just -s ;)
alt.possessive.its.has.no.apostrophe
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