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Subject: Re: How to build a BROKEN port?
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On 12/30/10 15:52, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote:
> Charlie Kester<corky1951@comcast.net>  wrote:
>
>    
>> Most of the time, possessives are formed with apostrophe+s.  I'm
>> not sure, but "its" might be the only exception to the rule ...
>>      
> "It's" seems to be the most common misusage, but I have seen "her's",
> "our's", and occasionally "their's".  Interestingly, I've never seen
> anyone write "hi's" when meaning "his".
>
>    
>> On the other hand, people who write "loose" when they mean "lose"
>> deserve our most scathing scorn.  :)
>>      
> Perhaps they have merely lost their linguistic bearings.
>
> Innaddverttentt ddoubblle llettterss ccann occcassionnallly bbee
> ccaussedd bby ffllakkeey kkeeybbooarddss :))
>    
I find most teenagers (and getting older too) can't tell the difference- 
and its not their keyboards.

Oddly enough, their teachers do it on a regular basis as well: in their 
handwriting!