Posted by dorayme on 04/10/06 14:35

In article <i1epg3-nst.ln1@ophelia.g5n.co.uk>,
Toby Inkster <usenet200604@tobyinkster.co.uk> 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.

So, your modern metric eye stamps itself on common English
expressions... the way of the future I guess. When decimal
currency and weights and measures were introduced into some
countries, there were penalties in law for using the old measures
and expressions (after a certain grace period). I bet never
enforced! Still, it is wise to be safe, Toby, you never know who
might be reading this...

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dorayme

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