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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 3 1 2 3 Re: Picking an Array of nits #17675 01/30/01 09:14 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 insert an apostrophe into "its" to indicate possession. I've come to like it; it keeps me from reading too fast to digest the sentence properly. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: apostrophe #17676 01/31/01 10:34 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 460 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia P paulb addict paulb addict P Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 460 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia The best?/worst? use of the apostrophe that I've seen was Xma's. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: apostrophe #17677 01/31/01 03:14 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye Pooh-Bah Sparteye Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Xma's Reminds me of the radio ad for holiday porno I heard: Let's put the X back in Xmas! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: apostrophe #17678 01/31/01 07:49 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Let's put the X back in Xmas! Dear Sparteye: Don't do it, I'm too old for an X rated Xmas.wwh Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Picking an Array of nits #17679 01/31/01 08:18 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5 D Dianne stranger Dianne stranger D Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5 How about businessspeak "I am going to GROW this company". Ugh, ugh, ugh Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Picking an Array of nits #17680 01/31/01 08:22 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5 D Dianne stranger Dianne stranger D Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5 My teeth ache when I hear "I am going to GROW my company". I imagine a guy in a three piece suit, with a building and logo erupting out of his head. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Xmas #17681 01/31/01 08:44 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 The X in Xmas is very, very old. It's the Greek letter chi as in Xpictos (that's Xpucm in Russian). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Picking an Array of nits #17682 02/01/01 11:14 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 R RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah R Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 wow asks, So you would say "a wide series?" Probably "an extensive series" rather than wide. The words aren't totally interchangeable, but I feel that they are near enough in meaning to be used in very similar contexts to convey the same idea. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Growing companies #17683 02/01/01 11:16 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 R RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah R Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 Dianne, I do so agree with you. Indeed, it is a grows misuse of the verb. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Growing companies #17684 02/01/01 05:55 PM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Dianne, I do so agree with you. Indeed, it is a grows misuse of the verb *grown* bridget=) Ipsa scientia potestas est ~Bacon Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 3 1 2 3 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. 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