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In that case I'm looking forward to the days of he's and her's!
by qu4z-2 12y ago
In that case I'm looking forward to the days of he's and her's!
- wuliwong 12y agohahahha. they's?
- baddox 12y agoThe difference there is that the pronunciation of those special possessive forms is clearly different than the corresponding contraction (e.g. "he" vs. "his"), so you're much less likely to make the mistake in written English.
- qu4z-2 12y agoI'd argue that depends on your accent. I'll grant you that "he's" is probably a bit tricky, but I can totally see people writing "hers", stopping, looking at it, "Hm, ownership... apostrophe!". EDIT: To be clear, I'm not greatly bothered either way; I got over my prescriptivism a while ago. I'm just curious whether the trend will continue.