On Saturday 17 November 2012 19:17:22 Tony Wood wrote:
> On 17/11/12 18:36, Rob Malpass wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: hampshire-bounces@???
> > [mailto:hampshire-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Keith Edmunds
> > Sent: 17 November 2012 18:30
> > To: hampshire@???
> > Subject: Re: [Hampshire] An interesting rsync problem
> >
> >> BTW, you don't need a trailing apostrophe on "its". "It's" is a
> >> contraction
> >
> > of "it is" or "it has"; otherwise, >it is just "its".
> >
> > Sorry - I'm afraid there is such a thing as a possessive apostrophe as
> > well as an abbreviative apostrophe. The town of Farnborough has a clock
> > house at its' centre is the correct use. Trust me - my uncle worked for
> > the OED. ;-]
> >
> > Cheers
> > Rob
>
> Not so!
> You'll be telling us next that swans can fly.
I don't agree with the analogy, Tony! Swans _can_ fly. The statement is
correct. "at its' centre" is incorrect. ;-)
Lisi
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