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# he's great
and 3rd Rock double bills on Sci-Fi at the mo
(, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 11:26, archived)
# I don't have sexy telly, I've only got freeview.
(, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 11:28, archived)
# lucky you
we can't even get freeview

/digital blackspot blog
(, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 11:29, archived)
# We all are round here. Our bloody signal comes from Bexley
which is why it fucks up so much.
(, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 11:30, archived)
# Do they bring it round in a van, or something?
(, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 11:32, archived)
# No, they let it limp here on it's own.
(, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 11:33, archived)
# with the apostrophe police
*runs*
(, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 11:34, archived)
# *offers Andrex*
;)
(, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 11:36, archived)
# Now this is the thing.
At school I was always taught about the possessive apostrophe. And now everyone says that's bollocks.

I am confused. Do I trust the internets or the teachers?
(, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 11:37, archived)
# Teachers
but it doesn't apply for its as a possessive
(, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 11:38, archived)
# ^This
Teachers rock!
(, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 11:40, archived)
# There is an exception to every rule...
In this case, that exception is "its" which only has an apostrophe for "it is".
(, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 11:40, archived)
# ^this
is very much the case
(, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 12:48, archived)
# *awards*
(, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 11:42, archived)
# hoorah!
this award mean's a lot too me.

thank you mutchley!

/fail
(, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 12:03, archived)
# I am an prishnal editro and I well teech yoo
There are of course exceptions to every rule, in the case of possessive apostrophes it's not used for possessive pronouns or adjectives: yours, his, hers, ours, its, theirs, and whose.
(, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 11:43, archived)
# Well that's me told!
Ta everyone, I now (finally) get it.
(, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 11:48, archived)
# yay!
*does Carlton Banks dance*
(, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 11:52, archived)
# Oh I LOVE Carlton.
(, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 11:55, archived)
# Evil swines!
How cruel.
(, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 11:34, archived)