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    #11
    Originally posted by Kyajae
    Where's the flaw in the example I gave?
    FFS
    Hard Brexit now!
    #prayfornodeal

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      #12
      Originally posted by sasguru
      FFS

      Stop cussin' and explain the flaw

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        #13
        How's that?
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          #14
          Originally posted by Kyajae
          Stop cussin' and explain the flaw
          "boy's" is grammatically incorrect it is "boys"

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            #15
            I will leave the esteemed members of this forum to judge your input to this thread. A cursory reading of previous posts will show you your problem. In future I suggest you stick to what you know - whatever that may be.

            Oh and stop digging - you're looking like a fool.
            Hard Brexit now!
            #prayfornodeal

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              #16
              Originally posted by Kyajae
              Ok, what about "the boys' tree-house" i.e. the tree-house belonging to a number of boys as opposed to "the boy's tree-house" denoting the tree-house belonging to a single boy. The apostrophe in the former denotes the possessive plural.
              Boys = singular
              Boys = plural
              Boy's = singular possessive
              Boys' = plural possessive

              bugger the boys, keep getting it wrong
              Last edited by Paddy; 21 May 2007, 15:51.
              "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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                #17
                The boy's sharp.

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                  #18
                  There should be a boys example about buoys, boy that would really buoy me up








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                    #19
                    Originally posted by EternalOptimist
                    There should be a boys example about buoys, boy that would really buoy me up
                    Boy! The boy's buoy really bouyed EO up.
                    Hard Brexit now!
                    #prayfornodeal

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                      #20
                      Originally posted by EternalOptimist
                      There should be a boys example about buoys, boy that would really buoy me up








                      Boy, that would be something! The boys' buoys buoy the boys.

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