💡📝Joe Joyce wrote on Mon, Oct 3, 2005 07:13 PM UTC:
Dear Annoying:
Are you telling me that, 50 years ago, my second grade teacher, Sister
Mary Ruler, was wrong when she drilled the class in possessives? I quote:
''It's' means 'it is'; 'its'' means 'that belongs to it'.'
I hereby confess to over-punctuating, as I have already confessed to
having trouble with names. Suggestions for names would be appreciated (but
I remind you this is a family site), and will be considered.
Finally, I would like to thank Mr. Gifford and Mr. Pedant for their
comments. As my computer skills are about as obsolete as my English usage,
it may be a while before I can add rules illustrations or presets, much as
I would like to do so.
Dear Annoying: Are you telling me that, 50 years ago, my second grade teacher, Sister Mary Ruler, was wrong when she drilled the class in possessives? I quote: ''It's' means 'it is'; 'its'' means 'that belongs to it'.' I hereby confess to over-punctuating, as I have already confessed to having trouble with names. Suggestions for names would be appreciated (but I remind you this is a family site), and will be considered. Finally, I would like to thank Mr. Gifford and Mr. Pedant for their comments. As my computer skills are about as obsolete as my English usage, it may be a while before I can add rules illustrations or presets, much as I would like to do so.