On Tue 19 Mar 2002 (17:00:58 +1100), bwpowers@optusnet.com.au wrote: > For your information: "its" does not have an apostrophe except when it > is an abbreviation for "it is" or "it has". Not when, like here, it is > simply a possessive. Anymore than you would put an apostrophe in other > possessive pronouns like "hi's" or "her's" or "your's" - there is no > apostrophe in pronouns. > Here's a quotation I came across earlier today: "It's is not, it isn't ain't, and it's it's, not its, if you mean it is. If you don't, it's its. Then too, it's hers. It isn't her's. It isn't our's either. It's ours, and likewise yours and theirs." - Oxford University Press, Edpress News ERRWSQE Ben -- Revd Ben Crick BA CF, and Mrs Joanna (Goodwin) Crick 232 Canterbury Road, Birchington, Kent, CT7 9TD (UK) http://www.cnetwork.co.uk/crick.htm --- B-Greek home page: http://metalab.unc.edu/bgreek You are currently subscribed to b-greek as: [jwrobie@mindspring.com] To unsubscribe, forward this message to leave-b-greek-327Q@franklin.oit.unc.edu To subscribe, send a message to subscribe-b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu