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	benny1967	2009-04-01 , 18:23
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Originally Posted by qole

Well, you'll have to talk to the Quebecois about that. Many of them feel that L'Anglais are suppressing them too, and they've even tried to separate. They almost did, too.

Why isn't this "les Anglaises"? It's ... Its ... Its' ... It is plural, isn't it? Or is it Canadian for people like you?

	JayOnThaBeat	2009-04-01 , 18:24
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what's a kilometer?

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	mullf	2009-04-01 , 18:25
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Originally Posted by benny1967

Don't add to the confusion by throwing in mistakes "in protest". How are we supposed to learn this language? Ever?

What can I say? I'm a mean *****!!!

	benny1967	2009-04-01 , 18:25
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Originally Posted by JayOnThaBeat

what's a kilometer?

starting the dick-size contest again, heh?

	qole	2009-04-01 , 18:26
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Originally Posted by benny1967

Why isn't this "les Anglaises"? It's ... Its ... Its' ... It is plural, isn't it?

It isn't ... isnt' ... ain't English. So who cares.

Originally Posted by JayOnThaBeat

what's a kilometer?

See, that's why the US failed. That, and your banks.

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	JayOnThaBeat	2009-04-01 , 18:28
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Originally Posted by benny1967

starting the dick-size contest again, heh?

i would, but i don't know how to convert feet into metric...

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	Bundyo	2009-04-01 , 18:30
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Originally Posted by JayOnThaBeat

i would, but i don't know how to convert feet into metric...

You have too many feet?

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	mullf	2009-04-01 , 18:30
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Originally Posted by daperl

The problem with your protest is that the exception for some possessive nouns that end with 's' is to put the apostrophe at the end.

That is when the possessor is a plural ending in "s".

Originally Posted by daperl

So, the possessive its would be its' because of the conflict with the contraction.

Context, man! You use the context to figure out whether it's a contraction or a possessive.

	mullf	2009-04-01 , 18:33
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Originally Posted by JayOnThaBeat

what's a kilometer?

That's for weak-mined people who can only do conversions in their head by moving a decimal point. It takes a REAL man to convert inches, feet, and miles!!!!