blutach Posted April 4, 2008 Posted April 4, 2008 God, I wish I were 29 again. :D Thanks for everything mate and put down the coding keyboard and have a great day! Regards
mmalves Posted April 5, 2008 Posted April 5, 2008 LIGHTNING UK! I'll let you unwrap your present now... I told her you're 24, hope you don't mind...
LOCOENG Posted April 5, 2008 Posted April 5, 2008 Congrats Boss, don't do anything that Shamus wouldn't do.
blutach Posted April 5, 2008 Author Posted April 5, 2008 Hey donta - tell the National Director for good times on your $1m note that he can go back to bloody school and learn some grammar - "its" not "it's". Regards
dontasciime Posted April 5, 2008 Posted April 5, 2008 Is it ? Grammar is not my strong point and I think I would have used It's my life and not its my life. It's"It's" is a contraction. It is short for "it is" (or occasionally for "it has"). It's not a way to ascribe a property to some "it". Yes, I know that this would make sense given that the general rule for forming a possessive is to tack on "'s": fool's errand, brewer's yeast, horse's ass. "It's" is an exception to this rule, and I honestly apologize on behalf of the infuriating English language. I didn't invent this stupid rule, but it's hardwired into my brain like gender of nouns to French speakers. Examples: It's a small world, after all. It's a small world, after all. It's a small world, after all. It's a small world, after all. You do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around, that's what it's all about. Well, it's been a long, been a long, been a long, been a long day. Its "Its" is a possessive pronoun. Its interpretation is something like "that which belongs to it", where "it" stands for some previously defined object. In the previous sentence, the object being referred to is the word "its", and the thing that belongs to it is its interpretation. Examples: He left it dead, and with its head he went galumphing back Love rears its ugly head. Using them correctly With practice, it's easy to tell these two devilish words apart. To help you keep them separate, here are some handy tips: Try replacing your "it's" with "it is" in the sentence. If the sentence becomes obviously wrong, you probably meant to use "its". If it sounds okay, "it's" can stay. Example: "Nothing can take it's place" can't be right, because "Nothing can take it is place" is nonsense. You probably mean "Nothing can take its place". Example: "It's not easy being green". Well, "It is not easy" is right, so the original sentence is okay. Try replacing your "its" with "his" in the sentence. If it comes out sounding right, "its" can stay. Example: "That's just its way of making friends" must be okay, because "That's just his way of making friends" is grammatical. In general, "its" as a possessive is like "his". You wouldn't write "hi's", would you? Well, maybe you would if you were talking about something belonging to Hiram... Look at the word that follows "its" or "it's". A noun means that you want "its". An adjective probably indicates "it's". This isn't always true, but it's a half-decent rule of thumb. Example: "The cat licks its tongue into the corners of the evening". "Tongue" is a noun. I probably don't mean "it is tongue", so I'll stick with "its". Credit Craig S. Kaplan
Altercuno Posted April 5, 2008 Posted April 5, 2008 (edited) Happy Birthday boss! Here's your birthday present... she looks a bit of a handful... (got to be careful with punctuation...I'm in the middle of grammar wars...) Edited April 5, 2008 by Altercuno
captaincaptain Posted April 5, 2008 Posted April 5, 2008 well me hearties a BBBBBig Happ Bdayyyyyyyyyyyyyy to Lightning_UK I remember him from the old decrypter days anyhooooo many happy returns LUK 3 cheers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! arghhhhhhhh there sha blows............
volvofl10 Posted April 6, 2008 Posted April 6, 2008 ............HAPPY BIRTHDAY L_UK............ have a cracking good day take no notice of the grammer, its grandad you gotta worry about
lfcrule1972 Posted April 7, 2008 Posted April 7, 2008 Happy birthday boss !!! Sorry I missed the day, mind you I suspect your recollection of it might be a bit hazy too eh ?
kevdriver Posted April 8, 2008 Posted April 8, 2008 Oh Shit........ Late again....... HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOSS Sorry bout being late, but hope you had a great time.
lfcrule1972 Posted April 8, 2008 Posted April 8, 2008 It's ok Kev we all know that your driveway needs a lot of scrubbing to keep it clear of oil patches, you're bound to miss some of these important dates Shit ! Not sure what excuse I have.......
jack Posted April 8, 2008 Posted April 8, 2008 Happy birthday LUK! Havent been around much lately and missed lots of birthdays but i'm only a little bit late for the most important one!! Hope you had a good one
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