Re: A little off-topic help.

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From: Bob
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 00:00

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[ "our's" vs. "ours" ]

Tony Morgan <tonym@atomor.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <354de49d.69166063@news.demon.co.uk>, "Peter G. Strangman"
><Peter@adelheid.demon.co.uk> writes
>>I accept that modern usage
>Mot so modern Peter. I've got a 1964 edition of COD and no apostrophy
>then.

Likewise for my c.1960 LittleOD, no apostrophe.

Also, the alt.usage.english FAQ has:

#PRONOUNS
#
#The ONLY personal possessive pronoun with an apostrophe is "one's".
#
#.----------------------------------------------------------------------.
#| The words "his", "its", "whose", "their" do NOT contain apostrophes. |
#|        Nor do words like "hers", "ours", "yours", "theirs".          |
#|                   (Would you say "mi'ne"?)                           |
#'----------------------------------------------------------------------'

<URL:http://www.lib.ox.ac.uk/internet/news/faq/archive/alt-usage-english-
faq.html>


> Maybe its the school you went to that didn't teach *proper*
>english and maybe didn't use dictionaries?

Ooh, nasty. But isn't that 'its' wrong?


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Bob.

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