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Message no. 1
From: jeremie.bouillon@****.fr (Jeremie Bouillon)
Subject: [OT] The English Language (was: Re: biotech and magical
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 11:52:29 +0200
Le 11:09 27/08/2003, Markus Widmer écrivait :
>Actually, "its" is a possessive pronoun, and the rule "possessive s
>with apostrophe" only applies to nouns. It isn't "he's" but
"his", and
>"her" not "she's". End of lesson.

Do not forget that some of us are not native speaking in english.

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Message no. 2
From: nightwinder@*******.com.au (Nightwinder)
Subject: [OT] The English Language (was: Re: biotech and magical
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 08:45:15 +1000
>Somehow this errors only crop up with primary anglophonics.
>Do you have any theories on this?

Because we're all slack bastards who can't be bothered to learn our own
language properly? You'd be surprised how many people with English as
their main language have trouble speaking it, let alone writing it.
Message no. 3
From: me@******.net (Hexren)
Subject: [OT] The English Language (was: Re: biotech and magical
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 07:30:41 +0200
>>Somehow this errors only crop up with primary anglophonics.
>>Do you have any theories on this?

N> Because we're all slack bastards who can't be bothered to learn our own
N> language properly? You'd be surprised how many people with English as
N> their main language have trouble speaking it, let alone writing it.

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It's the same everywhere. I my naturla language is german and I would
bet my englsih grammar is better than my german...
That's because you learn non natural language based on rules and your
natural language you learn from hearing people who are to lazy to care
for right gramar in their everyday conversation. IMHO

Gretz
Hexren

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