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Andrew Weston |
Message #87289, posted at 16:05, 20/3/2002, in reply to message #87288 |
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You ,may think that but it's wrong (no pun intended). |
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Jason Tribbec |
Message #87290, posted at 17:27, 20/3/2002, in reply to message #87289 |
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Ignoring the fact that it may be wrong: Word throws a wobbly [green line] with "it's", but not with "its"... |
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Jason Tribbec |
Message #87291, posted at 17:28, 20/3/2002, in reply to message #87290 |
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Rich - your edit profile doesn't save the changes (or tell me where I went wrong [or doesn't tell me clearly enough if I missed it ;-) ]) - where's me 'k'? |
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Rich Goodwin |
Message #87292, posted at 17:33, 20/3/2002, in reply to message #87291 |
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Jase - you should know by now that I write Perl as BASIC and then work out what I have to change ;) |
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Rich Goodwin |
Message #87293, posted at 17:38, 20/3/2002, in reply to message #87292 |
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(I've altered your display name BTW - it'll work next post) |
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Rich Goodwin |
Message #87294, posted at 17:40, 20/3/2002, in reply to message #87293 |
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An "it" can't possess anything, so "it its" would be... probably still wrong. "I'll give it some dinner" would be better ;) |
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Simon Challands |
Message #87295, posted at 18:28, 20/3/2002, in reply to message #87294 |
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AFAIK it should be "its". "It's" is short for "it is", whereas "its" is the equivalent of "his" or "hers". I wouldn't pay much attention to what Word sticks green lines under. It's pretty hopeless with apostrophes.
Still, at least this isn't quite as bad as putting apostrophes in plurals. Grr... |
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Message #87296, posted at 19:00, 20/3/2002, in reply to message #87295 |
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I think they're both okay Rich. It is a pronoun (relacing the cat, the dog or whatever) and you can use two pronouns together if you want such as "it its.
I created this problem :-D
I just remembered you saying you'd given up on it!
cheers
Andrew |
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Jason Tribbeck |
Message #87297, posted at 10:59, 21/3/2002, in reply to message #87296 |
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Ta for that, Rich - did you have an extra 'then' in your if statement };-> |
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Rich Goodwin |
Message #87298, posted at 15:15, 22/3/2002, in reply to message #87297 |
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Jase - read my comment about writing Perl in BASIC or I'll reset the clock on your server. Oops, too late! ;) |
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Guest |
Message #87299, posted at 01:04, 24/3/2002, in reply to message #87298 |
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Okay guys, is this a commenting session about writing code to check for names 6 characters long or for commenting about TEK? While you're at it though, what's so good about Perl anyway?
Gareth |
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Jason Tribbeck |
Message #87300, posted at 09:46, 25/3/2002, in reply to message #87299 |
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What's so good about PERL? Do you want the list ;-) What's there not to like about it! |
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Rich Goodwin |
Message #87301, posted at 10:36, 25/3/2002, in reply to message #87300 |
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For starters, it only takes a weekend to learn :) |
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