How about we give Julie another start? (was Sub for lard?)
"Blinky the Shark" > wrote
> Nancy Young wrote:
>
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>> "Blinky the Shark" > wrote
>>
>>> Nancy Young wrote:
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>>>> I have its it's issues. I can't get it that the possessive doesn't
>>>> have an apostrophe. Why???? Heh.
>>>
>>> Do these *other* possessive pronouns have an apostrophe?
>>>
>>> hers
>>> theirs
>>> yours
>>> ours
>>>
>>> No.
>>>
>>> "Its" isn't even an exception; it illustrates the *norm*.
>>
>> Do you say hers hats? Hers rock?
>
> Uh. Of course not. But thanks for playing.
Okay, I'm talking about when you'd say its hat. Its foot.
That's when I want that apostrophe in there.
nancy
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