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Re: Eric Animations: ALL OF 'HEM!
« on: April 17, 2008, 12:11:34 AM »
"All of 'em" :-)

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Re: Eric Animations: ALL OF 'HEM!
« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2008, 11:24:29 AM »
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 Hey, english is not my birth language. Be patient with me.;-)


Well, technically " 'em " isn't a valid contraction either... but it will be understood by most English speakers... I wasn't getting at you, I just didn't understand what you meant at first :-)

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Re: Eric Animations: ALL OF 'HEM!
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2008, 11:27:10 PM »
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Well, technically " 'em " isn't a valid contraction either...

Why not?

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Dunno ;-)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27#Apostrophe_showing_omission
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27#Non-standard_English_use

The use of the apostrophe is a minefield in English... though I am of the opinion that as long as you can be understood it doesn't matter... It's nice to have a some rules :-)