Aussie Group Re-Runs 4

[DrSpike]

Perhaps Warne got his ban revoked.

[finbar]

Originally posted by DrSpike
Perhaps Warne got his ban revoked.

He's celebrating because Warnie's Mum gave him a diuretic too. And he was tested at the same time as Warnie. But the nicotine in his system masked the presence of the diuretic.

[deity]

he he

Well, Horsie has declared war on me again

One of my horse-traps went off!

For eons I refused a peace treaty so I could send diplos all over his countryside withpout expulsion. Finally he cracks and declares war on me to kill diplos. Then he builds Sun Tzu and Great Wall immediately; then goes into Monarchy and has tons of units....

Anyone brave enough to predict the outcome??

[finbar]

The usual boredom on other players' parts.

[Alexander's Horse]

Can you explain your use of the apostrophe there please? I always get that one confused.

[finbar]

How many players are there apart from you and Deity? More than one. Hence players. Plural. In a plural case involving an "s", the possessive apostrophe goes after the "s". It can't go before the "s" - player's - because that's how you indicate a singular possessive and we want to indicate a plural possessive.

OTOH, the plural of child is children. For the singular - one child - you would write, for example, "the child's bike". But because there is no "s" involved in the plural, to designate the plural you would write "the chidren's bike" (if there is only one bike) or "the children's bikes" (if there's more than one bike).

Language is a glorious thing. But in this case it just boils down to logic.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by finbar
The usual boredom on other players' parts.

Maybe during the game, but it spices things up later on.

[deity]

Well finbar, time you attacked someone....

[Alexander's Horse]

Originally posted by finbar
How many players are there apart from you and Deity? More than one. Hence players. Plural. In a plural case involving an "s", the possessive apostrophe goes after the "s". It can't go before the "s" - player's - because that's how you indicate a singular possessive and we want to indicate a plural possessive.

OTOH, the plural of child is children. For the singular - one child - you would write, for example, "the child's bike". But because there is no "s" involved in the plural, to designate the plural you would write "the chidren's bike" (if there is only one bike) or "the children's bikes" (if there's more than one bike).

Language is a glorious thing. But in this case it just boils down to logic.

Thanks for the explanation

This all accords with what I was taught but I still normally run a mile from using the plural possessive because so few people these days understand it.

[finbar]

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse


Thanks for the explanation

This all accords with what I was taught but I still normally run a mile from using the plural possessive because so few people these days understand it.

Possessives - and, for that matter, apostrophes - are firmly rooted in logic. They're really a lot less scary than they seem.

[Hydey]

[Alexander's Horse]

Anyone showing up Thursday night?

[finbar]

I might. Subject to the usual.

[Alexander's Horse]

*finbar and horse watch the blinking icq of deity and hydey*

[Hydey]

Bah I said I was busy and could not play

stupid horse

I can play on friday