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On Sat, 9 May 2009 02:40:06 -0400, Paco wrote:

> "Bobo Bonobo®" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> You might also want to review the rules for the use of the apostrophe:
>> http://tribes.tribe.net/46a067ff-425...a-1866e22d3ded
>> You omitted the apostrophe in Mum's (possessive, the recipe *belonged*
>> to your mum). Also, since you said, "*my* mum, you shouldn't
>> capitalize mum. Then there's the "50's and 60's" thing. Since the
>> decades were not being used in the possessive sense, they should not
>> have had an apostrophe in that position, though it is acceptable to
>> write, '50s and '60s, where the apostrophe represents a 19.
>> If I had the writing skills of Jethro Bodeen, I think I'd shy away
>> from accusing others of having a "pea brain."
>>
>> --Bryan

>
> "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." Now, shut the **** up;
> you are becoming extremely tiresome and sanctimonious again.


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blake