Matthew.
Calm down. Having followed this discussion there really isn't any need to
respond in this way! Or do the two of you have a history we don't know
about?
>2. The proper contraction of "they" in the possessive is "their," an
>adjective, not "there," a pronoun. Correct me if I am wrong.
Well, we have all, I'm sure made that slip - especially in something like an
e-mail rather than a formal piece that gets checked. But if you're going to
be patronising, get your facts right. 'there' a pronoun?? 'their' an
adjective?? What grammar books are you reading?
There doesn't seem to be anyone external 'policing' this list, so maybe it
falls to some of us out there to point out when we think things have got out
of hand. We can have forthright discussion without histrionics like this.
Stuart
Calm down. Having followed this discussion there really isn't any need to
respond in this way! Or do the two of you have a history we don't know
about?
>2. The proper contraction of "they" in the possessive is "their," an
>adjective, not "there," a pronoun. Correct me if I am wrong.
Well, we have all, I'm sure made that slip - especially in something like an
e-mail rather than a formal piece that gets checked. But if you're going to
be patronising, get your facts right. 'there' a pronoun?? 'their' an
adjective?? What grammar books are you reading?
There doesn't seem to be anyone external 'policing' this list, so maybe it
falls to some of us out there to point out when we think things have got out
of hand. We can have forthright discussion without histrionics like this.
Stuart