Re: help needed to understand a previous thread

To further the education of mankind, Els <els.aNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx>
declaimed:

Well, apostrophe as contractions generally, especially of "is"
and "are", but often also of "not" in "-n't"

Yup. The one on the possessive of nouns is one too I think, but I'm
not sure of what word exactly as my English doesn't date further back
than about 30 years. It's the 's' of the 'second fall' (not sure if
it's called that in English).

Probably not. That term is favored by those who remarry.

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