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Help me understand mysterious Temp files.

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HeyBub

Flightless Bird
thanatoid wrote:
> "RJK" <nosuch@hotmail.com> wrote in
> news:eAO7N$wlKHA.1824@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:
>
>
>> I was taught, (in English at school), that the apostrophe
>> goes after the s to indicate that one is referring to a
>> subject, or an item, appearing earlier in the sentence.

>
> You were taught wrong. You DO realize that with their advanced
> knowledge and general success in life most grade and high school
> teachers would do better (both AFA performance AND income) as
> garbage collectors? (Well... make your own jokes here...)
>
>> Of course it is positioned between the t and s to indicate
>> abbreviation. That's what my English teacher taught, many,
>> ...many years ago ! :) And I'm sticking to it !
>> ...defiantly starting a sentence with the word "and"
>> !!!!!!

>
> Starting a sentence with and is not a problem. My original
> comment IS about a problem which I suggest you correct.
>
> The "its" and "it's" with your astounding new variation is NOT
> the same as e.g. "it belongs to the Richards's family" which is
> acceptable though clumsy and falling out of use.


Not to worry. According to the Law of Conservation of Apostrophes, for every
superfluous apostrophe found, an apostrophe is missing somewhere else.
 
P

Pegasus [MVP]

Flightless Bird
"HeyBub" <heybub@gmail.com> said this in news item
news:uTOX0eEmKHA.2592@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>
> Not to worry. According to the Law of Conservation of Apostrophes, for
> every superfluous apostrophe found, an apostrophe is missing somewhere
> else.


LOL!
 
T

thanatoid

Flightless Bird
"HeyBub" <heybub@gmail.com> wrote in
news:uTOX0eEmKHA.2592@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:

> thanatoid wrote:
>> "RJK" <nosuch@hotmail.com> wrote in
>> news:eAO7N$wlKHA.1824@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:


<SNIP>

>> The "its" and "it's" with your astounding new variation is
>> NOT the same as e.g. "it belongs to the Richards's family"
>> which is acceptable though clumsy and falling out of use.

>
> Not to worry. According to the Law of Conservation of
> Apostrophes, for every superfluous apostrophe found, an
> apostrophe is missing somewhere else.


Good point. I wish I had the element present in your mind that
allowed you to look at it this way.


--
There are only two classifications of disk drives: Broken drives
and those that will break later.
- Chuck Armstrong (This one I think, http://www.cleanreg.com/,
not the ball player. But who knows. I can't remember where I got
the quote. But it's true.)
 
R

RJK

Flightless Bird
"thanatoid" <waiting@the.exit.invalid> wrote in message
news:Xns9D038DF9A34BBthanexit@188.40.43.245...
> "GbH" <Geoff_Hannington@IEE.ORGasm> wrote in
> news:-On3zt32lKHA.6096@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:
>
>> thanatoid wrote:
>>> "RJK" <nosuch@hotmail.com> wrote in
>>> news:eAO7N$wlKHA.1824@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:
>>>
>>>> I was taught, (in English at school), that the apostrophe
>>>> goes after the s to indicate that one is referring to a
>>>> subject, or an item, appearing earlier in the sentence.
>>>
>>> You were taught wrong. You DO realize that with their
>>> advanced knowledge and general success in life most grade
>>> and high school teachers would do better (both AFA
>>> performance AND income) as garbage collectors? (Well...
>>> make your own jokes here...)
>>>
>>>> Of course it is positioned between the t and s to
>>>> indicate abbreviation. That's what my English teacher
>>>> taught, many, ...many years ago ! :) And I'm sticking
>>>> to it ! ...defiantly starting a sentence with the word
>>>> "and" !!!!!!
>>>
>>> Starting a sentence with and is not a problem. My original
>>> comment IS about a problem which I suggest you correct.
>>>
>>> The "its" and "it's" with your astounding new variation is
>>> NOT the same as e.g. "it belongs to the Richards's family"
>>> which is acceptable though clumsy and falling out of use.

>>
>> Never mind, but you're both wrong.

>
> Where am /I/ wrong?
>
> <SNIP>
>
>
> --
> There are only two classifications of disk drives: Broken drives
> and those that will break later.
> - Chuck Armstrong (This one I think, http://www.cleanreg.com/,
> not the ball player. But who knows. I can't remember where I got
> the quote. But it's true.)


Well really ! who would have guessed that an apostrophe would have caused
such a debate ?! :)
I have to spend a great deal of time writing emails, which are, in essence,
basic tutorials. Often, they are tutorials on basic Internet Security, and
basic use of Ms's Internet Explorer application program and its' Security
Zones etc. :)
And I often find that, (in such emails), in a sentence, I have to refer to
an earlier item in the sentence, possesive pronoun or otherwise!, so in the
latter part of the sentence I use its' , ....and I love it !
And I love to start a sentence with "And," even though I agree with my
English teacher who, over 40 years ago, suggested that it was not good
grammar to start a sentence with that word. :)

best regards,

Richard
 
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