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Don't
Possessive apostophies go after the s?
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Scary, Tue 15 Apr 2003, 21:03,
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only in plurals
and some nouns that end in s (but this varies depending on who you ask)
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spacefish i'm the one your stylist warned you about, Tue 15 Apr 2003, 21:05,
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where's Dr Phil
when you need her?
Edit:It seems the legendary unicorn is more than up to the task
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Pootle where's his tart on his sleve?, Tue 15 Apr 2003, 21:11,
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*curtsey*
should i be proud of this?
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the triple legendary unicorn, Tue 15 Apr 2003, 21:19,
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I should coco
there are people who bother to understand the offside rule, at least your level of knowledge has a useful purpose
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Pootle where's his tart on his sleve?, Tue 15 Apr 2003, 21:23,
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only
if the possessor ends in an s. and there's debate about whether the extra s is required then.
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the triple legendary unicorn, Tue 15 Apr 2003, 21:06,
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clarification
if say something was mine, it would be unicorn's
if it belonged to priestess, say (first name i could think of ending in s) it would be priestess's
if it was all of ours, it would be the b3tans'
if it was one of ours, it would be the b3tan's
/grammar pedantic freak
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the triple legendary unicorn, Tue 15 Apr 2003, 21:09,
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a woo for the pic
and a yay for the pedantry that followed!
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spacefish i'm the one your stylist warned you about, Tue 15 Apr 2003, 21:12,
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i am incredibly pedantic about grammar/spelling
i should get out more, i suppose...
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the triple legendary unicorn, Tue 15 Apr 2003, 21:16,
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Except...
in those ANNOYING exceptions...
its
his
hers
ours
theirs
yours
mine (doesn't even have an 's')
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Brian Blessed, Tue 15 Apr 2003, 21:26,
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www.apostrophe.fsnet.co.uk/
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Slim is an infrequent visitor these days, Tue 15 Apr 2003, 21:11,
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here, have a spare

I'm adding that link to the above anim for his future postings!
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JustHere, Tue 15 Apr 2003, 21:16,
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I think it made it into a newsletter once
or that might be bollocks
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Slim is an infrequent visitor these days, Tue 15 Apr 2003, 21:18,
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