Nit: please don't user "it's" unless you can substitute "it is" without changing your inteded meaning.

Fuzzyman fuzzyman at gmail.com
Wed Jan 18 08:34:29 EST 2006


BartlebyScrivener wrote:
> "The pronominal possessives hers, its, theirs, yours, and oneself have
> no apostrophe."
>
> Strunk & White, The Elements of Style. Section II.1
>
> The Elements is a classic masterpiece of concision and lucidity, unlike
> Eats, Shoots, Sells Books, and Leaves.
>

Which is however eminently more readable, except perhaps for the
overlong introduction...

All the best,


Fuzzyman
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> rpd




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