Puester > wrote in
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> Nancy Young wrote:
>> "Blinky the Shark" > wrote
>>
>>> Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>>>> 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?
>>
>> nancy
>>
>>
>
>
> The hats belong to her. They are hers.
> She found the rock. It is hers, not his.
>
> gloria p
>

He found the rock. it is hiss, not hers...cried the snake.

hers, hers ...a snake with a lisp.

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