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Except when it is a plural snoopcester Send a noteboard - 25/08/2010 09:35:46 PM
if you just tell a student "to create a possessive, add 's" it's much more simple.


In which case you add just a "'"
I'm just guessing on why it changed but the usual reason for thigns like this from what I've seen are that teachers try to keep rules simple.
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Grammar Nazis should really enjoy this! - 25/08/2010 06:55:22 PM 891 Views
Re: Grammar Nazis should really enjoy this! - 25/08/2010 07:44:41 PM 745 Views
I'd like it more if it wasn't archaic. - 25/08/2010 07:57:28 PM 585 Views
Isn't that covered with the "then do this" suggestion? - 25/08/2010 08:17:38 PM 559 Views
The 90's one? - 25/08/2010 09:00:48 PM 505 Views
I just didn't know if you meant the one in 90's (see commentary) or the one in '90s. - 25/08/2010 09:08:27 PM 576 Views
You're right. Reading that again, I did find it confusing. - 25/08/2010 09:14:36 PM 573 Views
Glad it's not just me - 25/08/2010 09:15:41 PM 578 Views
We should. - 25/08/2010 11:29:44 PM 566 Views
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... of course? *NM* - 25/08/2010 08:55:00 PM 236 Views
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I have a solution for that. - 26/08/2010 06:40:09 AM 600 Views
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it's acceptable - 25/08/2010 09:09:02 PM 578 Views
Re: it's acceptable - 25/08/2010 09:18:50 PM 560 Views
? but teaching NO s's is an extra detail - 25/08/2010 09:23:12 PM 545 Views
Except when it is a plural - 25/08/2010 09:35:46 PM 529 Views
Psh. Asking permission. - 25/08/2010 11:29:05 PM 590 Views
wow, this is so 2008 - 26/08/2010 02:51:23 AM 623 Views
NPR's Talk of the Nation interviewed one of them last week. - 26/08/2010 04:47:56 PM 549 Views

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