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request for introduction
GARY WAINWRIGHT wrote:
I HAVE YET TO MEET A HOUSEHOLD THAT COULD NOT DO WITH A FEW EXTRA`S. And right here in Gary's post there's an extra apostrophe for us! Sally |
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Kate Dicey wrote:
Sally Holmes wrote: GARY WAINWRIGHT wrote: I HAVE YET TO MEET A HOUSEHOLD THAT COULD NOT DO WITH A FEW EXTRA`S. And right here in Gary's post there's an extra apostrophe for us! Sally I's it a nice pink 'spam coloured one? I didn't 'see his original po'st, but it ha's the air about it in the bit you quoted. Oh, and I found all the'se other 's's lying around unu'se, 'so I thought I'd u'se them up... Have you read 'Eats, Shoots and Leaves'? Wonderful book all about the uses and misuses of 'such thing's a's the grocer's apostrophe. -- If you have any left over, you can scooch them down and make commas out of them. So handy for phrases like, "What's that in the road, ahead?" and "What is this thing called, love?" -- Joanne @ stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us http://bernardschopen.tripod.com/ Life is about the journey, not about the destination. |
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If you have any left over, you can scooch them down and
make commas out of them. So handy for phrases like, "What's that in the road, ahead?" and "What is this thing called, love?" -- Joanne @ stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us http://bernardschopen.tripod.com/ Life is about the journey, not about the destination. Yeah, you can move them down, but if your post gets wet they float back up again. You have to hold them in place with water resistant grammar... -- William Morris Tailor, Seamlyne reProductions Visit our website, http://www.seamlyne.com, for the most comfortable historically inspired clothing you can buy! |
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Pogonip wrote:
Kate Dicey wrote: Oh, and I found all the'se other 's's lying around unu'se, 'so I thought I'd u'se them up... Have you read 'Eats, Shoots and Leaves'? Wonderful book all about the uses and misuses of 'such thing's a's the grocer's apostrophe. If you have any left over, you can scooch them down and make commas out of them. So handy for phrases like, "What's that in the road, ahead?" and "What is this thing called, love?" A woman: without her, man is nothing. A woman, without her man, is nothing. Did you know that there's a newsgroup called alt.possessive.its.has.no.apostrophe? It seems to exist to answer questions of punctuation. Sally |
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William Morris wrote:
Yeah, you can move them down, but if your post gets wet they float back up again. You have to hold them in place with water resistant grammar... -- William Morris Tailor, Seamlyne reProductions Visit our website, http://www.seamlyne.com, for the most comfortable historically inspired clothing you can buy! ...and bullet proof syntax... -- Kate XXXXXX Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore! |
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Well, Sally, I just had to go see that for myself. I didn't stay long but
couldn't tell if they were sarcastic, just having fun or about to kill each other. What say you? Polly "Sally Holmes" wrote in message ... Pogonip wrote: Kate Dicey wrote: Oh, and I found all the'se other 's's lying around unu'se, 'so I thought I'd u'se them up... Have you read 'Eats, Shoots and Leaves'? Wonderful book all about the uses and misuses of 'such thing's a's the grocer's apostrophe. If you have any left over, you can scooch them down and make commas out of them. So handy for phrases like, "What's that in the road, ahead?" and "What is this thing called, love?" A woman: without her, man is nothing. A woman, without her man, is nothing. Did you know that there's a newsgroup called alt.possessive.its.has.no.apostrophe? It seems to exist to answer questions of punctuation. Sally |
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Sally Holmes stood on a soapbox and shouted to anyone who would
listen : Did you know that there's a newsgroup called alt.possessive.its.has.no.apostrophe? It seems to exist to answer questions of punctuation. Sally never ceases to amaze me, what's out there in some 40,000 newsgroups.... |
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request for introduction Please Post Spew Warnings!! Cea' ask's, dribbling on her a'lready inadequate key'board. --- (Pogonip) Sally quotes: GARY WAINWRIGHT wrote: I HAVE YET TO MEET A HOUSEHOLD THAT COULD NOT DO WITH A FEW EXTRA`S. And right here in Gary's post there's an extra apostrophe for us! --- Joanne set's us'un's up for s'pit on the key'board: If you have any left over, you can scooch them down and make commas out of them. So handy for phrases like, "What's that in the road, ahead?" and "What is this thing called, love?" Joanne @ stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us |
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