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To: Caleb1411
That's why it's always best not to search on an exact match; typos, etc. but to match on any word.

First Things spelled it incorrectly anyway: God's (God is) Justice and Ours should be Gods Justice and Ours since it is His(possessive) justice. The headline editor either screwed up the contraction or didn't catch the authors mistake. I don't think Neuhaus was educated in a parochial school since he is a convert so he might have a defense owing to extenuating circumstances.

18 posted on 06/07/2002 2:53:19 PM PDT by SMEDLEYBUTLER
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To: SMEDLEYBUTLER
I agree with the former (your search suggestion), but I have to take small issue on the latter. Grammar texts (including the one I'm looking at right now: McDougall Littell's The Writer's Craft, p. 802) state, "Use the apostrophe to form the possessive of singular and plural nouns." The exception would be personal pronouns: hers, ours, theirs, etc. The rule you cited follows on page 804: "Use the apostrophe in contractions to show where letters have been omitted."
19 posted on 06/07/2002 3:02:10 PM PDT by Caleb1411
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