[pmmail-list] 2.20.2100
Bruce Francis
pmmail-list@blueprintsoftwareworks.com
Tue, 20 Feb 2001 19:26:23 -0500 (EST)
On Tue, 20 Feb 2001 17:20:03 -0500, Gene Gough wrote:
>Then how to you say "That is Bruce's mistake?" Or "That is Bruce's PC."
That is correct.
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".
[My apologies to all for the extended grammar lesson -- this is really
straying off topic. I just double-checked to make sure it's not the
"other" (usually off-topic) PMMail list....] [ .....^^^^^^^^ correct usage]
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