From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 30 08:10:34 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 341891065679 for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:10:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B20288FC21 for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:10:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz12 with SMTP id 12so4231605bwz.13 for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 00:10:32 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:received:reply-to :in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=ocGWsNH4xSnDslBB2+ZSHaJhkuE+0ALjYXly0pr3vd0=; b=MgArPgmr2xdf5kQvT9MyjqYvx2YFC8O9W3daUDJmNAfgRYWeAogkPeiZ5PCBz206Me sNMolrHPDsXasOKFggdHFxn/9R4as7XwOsFxOymoosAVnCO/PQqLH9DvS3N7ePkh+rAI WfpmbL9AM6Y7zMEYumQxUnRq2jwK1nampzRHo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=DdrU3BFLu6WXWlqS8Hq4LnjaXr1fm41caMUhrD5PLMsZIxCLhCUUVkjDfkSer6NRYp W2vcv9hDIZ7BX9lEby2kj74XicFA7diN9ApOuGH9WZzSryZX/sM607nx97M4cRb/V+Z+ SjD/VBJ7piHV4AV0dbFUAxlp7gqWJ/R+8hUUw= Received: by 10.204.98.130 with SMTP id q2mr24360bkn.31.1293696632437; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 00:10:32 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.52.19 with HTTP; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 00:10:02 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4D1C3315.4080807@herveybayaustralia.com.au> References: <4D1BD715.2010401@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <86zkro6o7a.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> <20101230014241.GA10305@comcast.net> <4d1c1e30.Vcd6wTP2wljq8McP%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <4D1C3315.4080807@herveybayaustralia.com.au> From: Chris Rees Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:10:02 +0000 Message-ID: To: Da Rock Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: corky1951@comcast.net, perryh@pluto.rain.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to build a BROKEN port? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: utisoft@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:10:34 -0000 On 30 December 2010 07:21, Da Rock wrote: > On 12/30/10 15:52, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: >> >> Charlie Kester =A0wrote: >> >> >>> >>> Most of the time, possessives are formed with apostrophe+s. =A0I'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". =A0Interestingly, 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. =A0:) >>> >> >> 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! This teacher doesn't thank you very much! That is, if the poor kids can read my writing.... Chris