[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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