[G4] Ancient Tech? (great link...)

keith_w keith_w at dslextreme.com
Sun Feb 22 17:57:56 PST 2009


Eric Wood wrote:
> Am 22.02.2009 um 18:22 schrieb cwick:
> 
>> no acronym's? wtf...
> 
> No acronyms and no freaking apostrophes in plural forms. Let's review 
> the basics - we add an "s" to most noun phrases to mark them as plural 
> and we add apostrophe-s ('s) to a noun phrase to denote ownership. One 
> exception to this, however, is "its" and "it's." "It's" is a contraction 
> of "it is," while "its" represents ownership. Because pronouns have 
> separate forms for the plural (really just one: they), there will be no 
> confusion of the meaning of "its."
> 
> So for the sake of my sanity, please stop copying the 
> typographical/orthographical errors of others. Rise above it!
> 
> Eric W.

Hear, hear, Mr. Wood!
Thanks a lot! It's good to hear it explained correctly.

keith whaley


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