Re: [OT] Grammatic gender

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Wol,

>>> Even the possessive "Kieren's" is derived from old English "Kierenes" 
>>> (though even most native speakers don't know that).
>> Of course, they don't need to know that because English accepts
>> 's tacked onto almost anything to indicate a possessive relationship.²
> Because the CORRECT possessive ending, as mentioned above, is "es". Except 
> it's been corrupted to " 's ". In other words, if you tack " 's " onto the 
> end of a word to indicate the possessive, something HAS been omitted, namely 
> the "e". Which is why it's wrong to use an apostrophe with the possessive 
> "its", because there was never an "e" there in the first place.

Thank you. You understand what I was trying to say.  =)

> Anybody who cares about communicating should care about language. And if you 
> care about language you need to care about derivation and grammar and all 
> that stuff.

PREACH!!

Kieren.
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