friends, friend's, friends'
...can someone help me out here? Where do you use the apostrophie?
Also the its and it's too. Is there an its' ? :S
English has never been my strong point and as one might have already guessed, I'm quite confused.
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Suzanne posted this at 04:57 — 28th December 2003.
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$friends == $friend+$friend;
$friend's == $friend[$thing];
$friends' == $friends[$thing];
$its == $it[$thing];
$it's == $it . $is;
$its' != 1;
Suzanne posted this at 05:01 — 28th December 2003.
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Worse...
$her's != 1;
$his's != 1;
$their's != 1;
$hers == $her[$thing];
$his == $his[$thing];
$theirs == $their[$thing];
Renegade posted this at 05:51 — 28th December 2003.
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yeah ok, think I got it...
Suzanne posted this at 06:04 — 28th December 2003.
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English is screwy.
Abhishek Reddy posted this at 06:06 — 28th December 2003.
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I was confused about the it's/its thing once too. Fixed it by first getting rid of "it's" from my vocabulary, and used "it is" instead. That way I could tell myself that I can't use apostrophes with "it" anywhere. Once I got used to using "its" to mean possession, I re-introduced "it's" as a contraction of "it is". Not had a problem since.
abhishek.geek.nz
Renegade posted this at 10:41 — 28th December 2003.
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I'm still trying to drum it into my brain but it's funny, I understand the code better than I understand the English...ahh! Whats happening? I'm a geek...oh well.
Cheng Eu Chew - Renegade
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DU-Squid posted this at 06:03 — 29th December 2003.
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I've been taking English since kindergarden and still don't completly understand it. Don't worry.
Mark Hensler posted this at 18:25 — 30th December 2003.
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That was a very cool example, Suzanne.
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