>Ha! You silly Kiwi, I'm an import... >do you think you can correct the mighty U.S. military? >Every good soldier, sailor and airman knows that multiple acronyms require >apostrophes! Even if they didn't teach me that in the university where I >earned a degree in English Journalism. Yup, they love to teach 'em wrong. >Now, if you please, explain why 'it's' is 'it is' while 'its' belongs to it. It's: contraction of "it is". His, hers, theirs, its; possessive pronoun, not noun. >After that help me figure out whay the damn van is running so bad. It has a VW engine. Andrew |
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