Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucla-cs.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwrba!cepu!ucla-cs!srt From: srt@ucla-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.flame,net.misc Subject: Re: STUPID PEOPLE'S COURT: The case of Outraged English Majors VS. The Net Message-ID: <4629@ucla-cs.ARPA> Date: Tue, 2-Apr-85 15:08:35 EST Article-I.D.: ucla-cs.4629 Posted: Tue Apr 2 15:08:35 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 4-Apr-85 08:01:13 EST References: <468@vax2.fluke.UUCP> <147@ncr-tp.UUCP> Reply-To: srt@ucla-cs.UUCP (Scott Turner) Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Lines: 14 Xref: watmath net.flame:9098 net.misc:7769 Summary: In article <147@ncr-tp.UUCP> greg@ncr-tp.UUCP (Greg Noel) writes: > >It is incredibly easy to use the apostrophe correctly if you realize >that it indicates that something was elided. (For the Philistines, >"elided" means "left out".) Thus, "you're" ==> "you are" with the `a' >left out and the two words run together. The sentance above expands... ^^^^^^^^ It is incredibly easy to learn to spell words correctly. Try using a dictionary. MORAL: People who live in stone houses... Scott Turner