[J3] Consistency in conversion functions

Van Snyder van.snyder at sbcglobal.net
Tue Apr 4 18:57:52 UTC 2023


On Tue, 2023-04-04 at 08:44 -0700, Gary Klimowicz via J3 wrote:
> No more than when English elides the apostrophe in possessive "it".
> "I am like a deer caught in a car's headlights."
> "A car is coming. I am like a deer caught in its headlights."
> Languages that evolve each have some things I classify as "historical
> charm".

An important reason to elide the apostrophe in possessive "it" is
because "it's" is the contraction "it is."

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