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I'm forever spelling these words wrong. If it is would not, shouldn't it be would'nt? Why is is it wouldn't? Wouldn't even looks spelled incorrectly to me no matter how many times I see it.
[ March 24, 2010, 12:37 PM: Message edited by: David Thompson ]
-------------------- David Thompson Pro-Line Graphics Martinsville, NJ
I'm not this dumb, it's just the paint fumes talkin' Posts: 397 | From: Martinsville, NJ | Registered: Oct 2001
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OK, Paul is right. I'll add another bit of English grammar:
An apostrophe is also used to show possessiveness, never to show plurality. An exception to the possessive use is with the word "it". "Its" is possessive, "it's" is a contraction for "it is". The apostrophe takes the place of the "i" in "is".
-------------------- David Harding A Sign of Excellence Carrollton, TX Posts: 5089 | From: Carrollton, TX, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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( i before e except after c .... or in the word weird ....? )
-------------------- Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass... It's about learning to dance in the rain ! Jim Moser Design 13342 C Grass Valley Ave. Grass Valley, Ca. 95945 530-273-7615 jwmoser@att.net Posts: 488 | From: Grass Valley, Ca. | Registered: May 2006
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