Posted by Martin Clark on 04/11/06 12:28

dorayme wrote...
> Martin Clark <martin@spl.at> wrote:
>> dorayme wrote...
>> > Els <els.aNOSPAM@tiscali.nl> wrote:
>> >> I think some people include
>> >> * -'s for abbreviation of "is"
>> >> * -s for possessive of pronoun "it"
>> >
>> >Well, apostrophe as contractions generally, especially of "is"
>> >and "are", but often also of "not" in "-n't"
>> >
>> In contractions, the apostrophe is used in place of the missing letters:
>> That's - ' replaces i of is.
>> You're - ' replaces a of are.
>> Don't - ' replaces o of not.
>> I've - ' replaces ha of have.
>
>Indeed, that is what "contraction" means here...
>
But of course! I was expanding on your comment rather than contradicting
it! However, I should have added something like "in general" as
exceptions will always be found.

Perhaps it would be nice if there was a validator where we could check
the accuracy of what we write. On the other hand, thinking of how M$Word
tries to do just that, perhaps it wouldn't be nice....
--
Martin Clark

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