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Anyone like to explain it?
-- Anonymous, May 23, 2000
'Your' as 'in belongs to you' 'You're' as in 'You are'
-- Anonymous, May 23, 2000
Oops
'Your' as in 'Belongs to you''You're' as in 'You are'
-- Anonymous, May 23, 2000
As above, unless you're (or your) typing and posting quickly, in which case who gives a
-- Anonymous, May 23, 2000
sh*t......opps sorry 'bout that, typing and posting too quickly....
(;0)
-- Anonymous, May 23, 2000
Tut tut young man. We must not encourage mid atlantic spelling and grammar on this here BBS. A disk is a disc, the center is the centre - always has been, always will be, says so in the scriptures -)
-- Anonymous, May 24, 2000
And while we're on the subject, I hate grocer's apostrophe's, eg 'cabbage's 50p a pound'. Although I still sometimes have a problem with 'its' and 'it's'.
-- Anonymous, May 24, 2000
'Its' as in 'Belonging to it'.'It's' as in 'It is'.
Technically, the 'Its' should also have an apostophe, but that would mean you'd (as in 'you would') have to rely on the context to sort out whether it was 'Belonging to it' or 'It is'.
(Is the impression starting to creep in that something is being flogged to death here?)
10:14 ZULU. Mornin' Gav.
-- Anonymous, May 24, 2000
There's (as in "there is") a much more sinister form which has bypassed you all and one which you'd (as in "you would") all better treat with great care. I'm (as in "I am") of course referring to the insideous "ManURE". Use its (as in "belonging to it") alternative form "Newton Heath" if you're (as in "you are") likely to be offended.
-- Anonymous, May 24, 2000