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Old February 23, 2003, 19:29   #331
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Perhaps Warne got his ban revoked.
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Old February 23, 2003, 21:22   #332
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Perhaps Warne got his ban revoked.
He's celebrating because Warnie's Mum gave him a diuretic too. And he was tested at the same time as Warnie. But the nicotine in his system masked the presence of the diuretic.
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he he

Well, Horsie has declared war on me again

One of my horse-traps went off!

For eons I refused a peace treaty so I could send diplos all over his countryside withpout expulsion. Finally he cracks and declares war on me to kill diplos. Then he builds Sun Tzu and Great Wall immediately; then goes into Monarchy and has tons of units....

Anyone brave enough to predict the outcome??

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Old February 24, 2003, 00:45   #334
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The usual boredom on other players' parts.
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Can you explain your use of the apostrophe there please? I always get that one confused.
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How many players are there apart from you and Deity? More than one. Hence players. Plural. In a plural case involving an "s", the possessive apostrophe goes after the "s". It can't go before the "s" - player's - because that's how you indicate a singular possessive and we want to indicate a plural possessive.

OTOH, the plural of child is children. For the singular - one child - you would write, for example, "the child's bike". But because there is no "s" involved in the plural, to designate the plural you would write "the chidren's bike" (if there is only one bike) or "the children's bikes" (if there's more than one bike).

Language is a glorious thing. But in this case it just boils down to logic.
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The usual boredom on other players' parts.
Maybe during the game, but it spices things up later on.
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Well finbar, time you attacked someone....
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How many players are there apart from you and Deity? More than one. Hence players. Plural. In a plural case involving an "s", the possessive apostrophe goes after the "s". It can't go before the "s" - player's - because that's how you indicate a singular possessive and we want to indicate a plural possessive.

OTOH, the plural of child is children. For the singular - one child - you would write, for example, "the child's bike". But because there is no "s" involved in the plural, to designate the plural you would write "the chidren's bike" (if there is only one bike) or "the children's bikes" (if there's more than one bike).

Language is a glorious thing. But in this case it just boils down to logic.
Thanks for the explanation

This all accords with what I was taught but I still normally run a mile from using the plural possessive because so few people these days understand it.
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Thanks for the explanation

This all accords with what I was taught but I still normally run a mile from using the plural possessive because so few people these days understand it.
Possessives - and, for that matter, apostrophes - are firmly rooted in logic. They're really a lot less scary than they seem.
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I might. Subject to the usual.
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Bah I said I was busy and could not play

stupid horse

I can play on friday
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same...
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Even if they're starting to sound like Abbott and Costello.
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Possessives - and, for that matter, apostrophes - are firmly rooted in logic. They're really a lot less scary than they seem.
Care to be the elucidator on the topic of conjunctions?
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Even if they're starting to sound like Abbott and Costello.
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Care to be the elucidator on the topic of conjunctions?
What about them?
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Yeah it's a pretty vague question. I think he just wanted to use the word 'conjunction' in a sentence.
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I think I meant contraction, actually. I seem to have an aversion to placing my apostrophe properly when using them.
It's shameful, really.
Hey...do you guys have Bisquick in Oz? The wife made a lovely casserole using it last night--quite versatile stuff--great for leftovers.
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Just put the apostrophe where the letter has been removed.

For example is not becomes isn't.
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