Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:21:57 +1000 From: Da Rock <freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au> To: perryh@pluto.rain.com Cc: corky1951@comcast.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to build a BROKEN port? Message-ID: <4D1C3315.4080807@herveybayaustralia.com.au> In-Reply-To: <4d1c1e30.Vcd6wTP2wljq8McP%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <4D1BD715.2010401@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <xeia8vz8njzn.fsf@kobe.laptop> <86zkro6o7a.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> <20101230014241.GA10305@comcast.net> <4d1c1e30.Vcd6wTP2wljq8McP%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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On 12/30/10 15:52, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > Charlie Kester<corky1951@comcast.net> wrote: > > >> Most of the time, possessives are formed with apostrophe+s. I'm >> not sure, but "its" might be the only exception to the rule ... >> > "It's" seems to be the most common misusage, but I have seen "her's", > "our's", and occasionally "their's". Interestingly, I've never seen > anyone write "hi's" when meaning "his". > > >> On the other hand, people who write "loose" when they mean "lose" >> deserve our most scathing scorn. :) >> > Perhaps they have merely lost their linguistic bearings. > > Innaddverttentt ddoubblle llettterss ccann occcassionnallly bbee > ccaussedd bby ffllakkeey kkeeybbooarddss :)) > I find most teenagers (and getting older too) can't tell the difference- and its not their keyboards. Oddly enough, their teachers do it on a regular basis as well: in their handwriting!
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