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Re: A little off-topic help.

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From: Clive 9ai26
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 00:00
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Peter G. Strangman wrote in message <3547b5a2.57139246@news.demon.co.uk>...
>A number of people seem to get confused with:
>"hear", "here", "there" and "their".
>
>Just remember:
>that you hear
>with your ear.
>          ^^^
>Remember that here
>goes with    there.
>              ^^^^
>That only leaves "their", meaning "belonging to them".
>
>Remember also that the apostrophe in "you're" means
>that something has been left out, it is a contraction
>of "you are", thus leaving "your" as meaning "belonging
>to you".
>Likewise for "they're", a contraction of "they are" and
>"it's", a contraction of "it is".
>
>When considering "yours", "theirs" "its" etc. remember that
>"our's" is the exception requiring an aposrophe.
>
>Sorry about that, but the rules are simple enough and
>easily learned. It seems that they are no longer taught
>in our schools.    8-(
>
>--
>Peter G. Strangman              | Leser, wie gefall ich dir?
>Peter@adelheid.demon.co.uk      | Leser, wie gefaellst du mir?
>http://www.adelheid.demon.co.uk |     (Friedrich von Logau)
>XLIV-DCCCII-CCXII-DCCCXXXI      |
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From: "Clive 9ai26" <9ai26@dial.pipex.com>
Subject: Re: A little off-topic help.
Date: 1998/04/14
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