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Subject: Re: [OM] OtT Grad ND/ iPad/ Apostrophe.
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 18:04:17 +0100
Excellent, John!

Further to Piers's point a few days ago, I reckon that most of what we are 
losing in the language is important for one reason or another; and there is no 
replacement for the apostrophe ...

It's the number of a subject that's one of my bugbears at the moment: "none", 
"neither" etc ...

Chris

On 5 Jun 2010, at 17:46, JOHN DUGGAN wrote:

> As an example of why the possessive apostrophe is still a necessity, Simon 
> Carr's political sketch has no equal. he wrote,
> "Peter Lilley's wife tried to get into a Downing Street function saying, 'I'm 
> one of the ministers' wives', The policeman: 'I couldn't let you in if you 
> were the minister's only wife'." It's wonderful, but without the possessive 
> apostrophe it would have been rendered meaningless.

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