What bugs me is the constant misuse of "'s". _NO_ English possessive pronoun contains an apostrophe. The "'s" is only used to convert a noun to the possessive case (called genitive case in most Indo-European languages).
Which, of course, also means that _ALL_ uses of "'s" to make a plural are mistakes, except when you need to convert an acronym or abbreviation or other non-word to a plural (as I have below -- our beloved language is full of arbitrary-seeming exceptions :-).
The other use of the apostrophe is for contractions. In the UK, one learns math's at school (mathematics). In the US, one learns math'. In both cases, the poor old apostrophe is often missed out. But it gets confusing when you have phrases like "My math's teacher" - well, for those who are less ignorant of the use of the apostrophe - they will complain that "My math" is not something capable of possessing something (a teacher, in this case), and will overlook the fact that it is a contraction and thus in need of the apostrophe.. Anyway, just my $0.02 on this wonderfully entertaining OT subject! Phil -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org