Showing posts with label possessive. Show all posts
Showing posts with label possessive. Show all posts

Monday, June 20, 2022

IT'S DESERTS

FOUND ONLINE: How Spain is Turning it's Deserts into a Farmland Oasis - GREENING THE DESERT PROJECT

I've written about this many times. Here, its is not short for it is, so you have ITS DESERTS.

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Tuesday, February 16, 2021

THERE LIFE'S

FOUND ONLINE: ... he didn’t agree with a $15 minimum wage for key works risking there life’s.

I apologize in advance for picking on this part of a sentence. I think the writer meant key workers, not works; their rather than there and lives, not life's.

... he didn’t agree with a $15 minimum wage for key workers risking their lives.

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(a book of great stories about the Intimidator)
(the book of great NASCAR stories)

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Friday, February 10, 2017

This class' strongest group

FOUND ONLINE: So it’s interesting that it might not even be this class’ strongest group.

You would have pronounced this like classes, so I would have spelled it class's.

So it’s interesting that it might not even be this class’s strongest group.

HEADLINE FOUND ONLINE: Golden State Warriors kick off season with media day

A basketball team doesn't kick off the season; it tips it off.


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Entries from The Dog Blog

Blog entries from The Auto Racing Journal
(a book of great stories about the Intimidator)
(the book of great NASCAR stories)

More blog entries by Tom Gillispie