Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] How not to spell "Hers"
From: MEBérubé <MEB@goodphotos.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 18:02:00 -0500
References: <5.0.1.4.0.20010129155137.01b211e0@206.34.200.40>

Ah. So I should have listened to me father when he said:
"Boy, tis better to be thought a fool than open your mouth and remove all 
doubt."
<sigh>
Thank you Johnny, I'll call the University and demand my money back.
:)
Michael

At 05:21 PM 1/29/01 -0500, Johnny Deadman Corrected:
>You're (only kidding) example above is wrong. The apostrophe in "her's" is a
>mistake. It all has to do with the cases in Anglo Saxon. But too boring to
>go into here. All you have to remember is that he, she and it don't use
>apostrophes to indicate possession. The only "it's" that is correct is the
>one that's short for "it is".

In reply to: Message from MEBérubé <MEB@goodphotos.com> (Re: [Leica] OT - how to spell 'lens')