On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 12:15, Aaron Gaudio wrote: > On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 11:10 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: > > > Yes. When I learned this there were two rules that were applied > > equally often: > > > > Rule 1: The values zero through ten are to be spelled out > > Rule 2: Single-digit values (zero through nine) were to be spelled out > > > > Of course, that was back in the stone age (the early 60s) when the > > rules seemed to mean something. > > > > > Hey I learned this from Dvorak Teaches Typing :) > > > My current three primary pet peeves: > > > > 1. "Me and John...". Wrong! "John and I...". Correct. > > "John and me" could also be correct, depending on the context. For > instance "She baked a cake for John and me." > > > > > 2. The word is "separate", people. There is no such word as "seperate" > > in the English language. > > > > 3. Plurals do NOT use an apostrophe unless it is a plural possessive or > > possessive of a subject that ends in "s". Examples: > > > > "dogs" means multiple instances (correct plural) > > > > "dog's" means the object is owned by the dog (possessive) > > > > "dogs'" means many dogs own the object (plural possessive) > > > > "Rick Stevens' car" means my car (possessive of subject ending > > in "s") > > Furthermore, some pronouns don't use apostrophes for possessive. E.g. > "it's" means "it is", "its" means something belonging to "it"; ditto for > "their"/"theirs". ---- I would have sworn this message base was about Fedora. Craig
