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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Actually, it's not... #10973 11/24/2000 11:54 AM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike veteran Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England The modern apostrophe s or s apostrophe for possession comes ultimately from the Old English (aka Anglo-Saxon) genitive case.. Bingley, that is very lucid and informative and almost totally news to me. Thank you very much. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Yes, it's its stales 11/23/2000 4:23 AM Actually, it's not... shanks 11/23/2000 8:05 AM Re: Actually, it's not... Bingley 11/24/2000 6:48 AM Re: Actually, it's not... FishonaBike 11/24/2000 11:54 AM Agree with Shona shanks 11/24/2000 12:13 PM Re: Yes, it's its wow 11/25/2000 7:38 PM Re: Yes, it's its AnnaStrophic 11/25/2000 10:46 PM Re: Yes, it's its Bridget 11/27/2000 1:39 AM Re: Yes, it's its AnnaStrophic 11/27/2000 9:57 PM Re: Yes, it's its shanks 11/27/2000 9:41 AM Re: Yes, it's its Jazzoctopus 11/27/2000 9:38 PM Re: Yes, it's its tsuwm 11/27/2000 9:47 PM Re: Yes, it's its Jazzoctopus 11/28/2000 10:42 PM Re: Yes, it's its Max Quordlepleen 11/28/2000 11:38 PM Re: Yes, it's its jmh 11/29/2000 10:36 PM Re: Yes, it's its jmh 11/29/2000 10:42 PM Re: Yes, it's its belMarduk 11/30/2000 1:28 AM Re: Yes, it's its wow 11/29/2000 12:22 AM Re: Yes, it's its AnnaStrophic 11/29/2000 12:52 AM Singulars as Plurals FishonaBike 11/29/2000 1:26 PM Re: years and years wow 11/29/2000 1:56 PM Re: Family wow 11/29/2000 2:05 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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