Re: A little off-topic help.

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From: Adrian G
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 00:00

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On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 20:18:55 GMT, Peter@adelheid.demon.co.uk (Peter G.
Strangman) wrote:

>When considering "yours", "theirs" "its" etc. remember that
>"our's" is the exception requiring an aposrophe.
  ^^^^^

This is a new one to me - and evidently new to the Oxford Concise, which
I've just checked in and which has no apostrophe. Out of interest,
what's your source?

>Sorry about that, but the rules are simple enough and
>easily learned.

Well, possibly...  8-)


Adrian G
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From: adrian@NOSPAM.demon.co.uk (Adrian G)
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