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Re: Singulars, Plurals, and Apostrophes?

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Robert TorresFeb 24, 2007

That's true. the context in which its spoken does make a lot of difference, but I would think that something like that wouldn't apply if what you are hearing sounds like a word that has an 's' on the end of it, that context or how its written shouldn't matter.

it would be a similar sort of situation if say you were to say six hundred sixty six, if you write it down in numerals, it would be repetitious in the fact that you have three sixes, but not if you actually say six hundred sixty-six. at least i assume it would be similar. *shrugs*

Nathan Leonard <dreadedwoekitten@...> wrote:

[i]I'm not talking about grammatically, I'm talking about what a person HEARS, and you have just pretty much made my point, you can't tell if its in the possessive form or not.[/i]

If you think I've made your point, then you've mistunderstood me. My point is that even though you can't hear the difference, it's abundantly clear from context which was used, because the alternative would make no sense.

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