Posted by Els on 04/10/06 11:29

Toby Inkster wrote:

> Jim Moe wrote:
>
>> Well, given how often it is gotten wrong... I suspect people are using
>> "'s" for plural and possessive because it is soooo much simpler than
>> remembering all those pesky rules.
>
> * -s for plural
> * -' for posessives of nouns that already end in "s"
> * -'s for posessives of other nouns
>
> tonnes of rules, yes.

I think some people include
* -'s for abbreviation of "is"
* -s for possessive of pronoun "it"

(which they shouldn't, but remembering the difference between verbs,
nouns and pronouns is too complicated for some ;-) )

BTW - anyone complaining about 'tons' of rules for English grammar
should really try and learn some Dutch. And after they master all the
rules, they should check the latest spelling changes and relearn the
rules again :\

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