Posted by dorayme on 04/12/06 03:47

In article <1aoej3zq52c81$.1l9xwq3g6b00s.dlg@40tude.net>,
Els <els.aNOSPAM@tiscali.nl> wrote:

> >>> It's quite normal practice,
> >>
> >> What is, not knowing the difference between a verb, noun or pronoun?
> >
> > Ouch! What were _you_ saying was normal practice?
>
> I didn't mention any normal practice :-)

I was conflating - confusedly - what I thought you meant with
what I described as normal practice.

But, your surprise suggests to me I have misread you.

Your actual words:

"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 ;-) )"

This sounded to me like you were saying that people should really
not use the apostrophe for contraction of "is", that it is a bad
rule. What is the object of your "which" in "which they
shouldn't"? I had thought this must be either or both the rules
you mention. Hence my original defense of the practice as being
quite normal.

Does this get me out of trouble, Els? :)

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dorayme

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