[geeks] Apostrophe usage [was: The Dog's Breakfast]

[John Francini]

On 7 May 2007, at 10:31, Michael Parson wrote:

>
> The biggest problem with your example is that the entire point of
> minding these two letters is the similarity between the lower-case
> versions of the letters.  It's about minding the details, much like
> 'crossing your t's and dotting your i's.'
>

And I would write that either as 'crossing your Ts and dotting your  
Is', or use italics:

'crossing your ts and dotting your is'.

Anything to avoid the dreaded non-possessive, non-contraction  
apostrophe.

j


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