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Geoffrey

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Jun 14, 2012, 12:26:28 PM6/14/12
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I notice there is a Facebook page entitled "It's called grammar, use
it.". The person responsible sometimes posts photos, which are then
displayed as "It's called grammar, use it.'s photo.". Is this
grammatically correct?

Graham.

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Jun 14, 2012, 12:51:28 PM6/14/12
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In Windows, when you look directly at a profile, the folder you
normally see as "My Documents" is called profile_name followed by 's

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Graham.
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J. P. Gilliver (John)

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Jun 14, 2012, 6:02:40 PM6/14/12
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Thu, 14 Jun 2012, Geoffrey <gmorti...@yahoo.com> wrote
I'd feel more comfortable if the page title was enclosed in quotes. And
would have preferred that the title didn't include the full stop
(period) - not that that's wrong, it just leads to the vexed question of
whether it should be quoted or not.

Come to think of it, the original page title is a comma splice - a
semicolon would be better there.
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J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

The love that dared not speak its name, has become the love that won't shut
up. - Simon Fanshawe (article on Gay Comedy), Radio Times 25 Sept-1 Oct 2010
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