Public service announcement [was: Re: [plug] [rant] 2.6 Kernels]

[James Devenish]

In message <Pine.LNX.4.44.0409011800320.14359-100000 at BBRH73.busby.net>
on Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 06:03:29PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
> Ah, you missed the "whats" - should be "what's".
[...]
> If you are concerned with the lack of apostohes, what about this "u" 
> word? Have we switched to that crappy SMS misspelling, now?
> 
> :)

While I do, of course, dislike those things, I'm sure this list has a
finite rant-carrying capacity ;-)

Last year:
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> but the name belongs to it. aren't you supposed to poot a commery
> thing when something owns something? 

it's --> it is
its --> of it

who's --> who is
whose --> of whom

mine's --> of the mine
mine --> of me

yours --> of you

Earth's --> of the earth
Earths --> you have discovered life beyond our planet

people's --> of the people
peoples' --> stack overflow. core dumped.