Re: Apostrophes

[Matthew Revell <gnome understated co uk>]

Patrick Costello wrote:

> No mistake, but perhaps not as clear as possible. What we really want to do
> is to discourage people from using 's to denote possession, and to spell
> out full words rather than using contractions. Both of these grammar points
> are perfectly fine in English-language source material meant for
> English-language native readers. However, the disadvantages are as follows: 
>
>  
Ah, sorry for not quite understanding. I should have refrained from 
posting the question, until I'd read the rest of the document!

Thanks, Pat and Telsa, for the clarification.

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Cheers,

Matthew Revell.

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