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On Monday 13 August 2012 00:08:16 Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On Mon, 13 Aug 2012 00:52:32 +0200 |
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> Frank Steinmetzger <Warp_7@×××.de> wrote: |
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> > > > When grub is running and showing it's menu, the only thing |
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> > > > active |
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> > ---------------------------------------^ |
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> > *cough* *wink wink* |
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> damn, I got that one the wrong way round. again. |
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It's easy enough: "its" = "belonging to it"; "it's" = "it is/was/has". |
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The apostrophe denotes a missing letter or two, not possession. |
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Hmm. Maybe it isn't so simple after all if you don't know it. It just |
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seems simple to me since it's what I was taught 60-odd years ago and |
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it's stuck. |
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It seems to me that most people (especially those not of these shores) |
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use "it's" in every case, just in case. If you see what I mean. |
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Rgds |
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Peter |
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