[pmmail-list] Its and It's and English language (was: Re: 2.20.2100)

Lueko Willms pmmail-list@blueprintsoftwareworks.com
Thu, 22 Feb 2001 08:01:49 +0100 (MEZ)


To all those native english speakers: 

On Tue, 20 Feb 2001 19:26:23 -0500 (EST), Bruce Francis wrote:

> But ---    "It's Bruce's PC" is still correct.  "It's" is not possessive in this
>         example; "Bruce's" is possessive.
> 
> The PC has a cable .... "its cable".

   Don't expect a language to be consistent in all aspects. 

Yours, 
Lüko Willms 
Frankfurt/Main 
/ Lueko.Willms@T-Online.de 

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