Coin club kicks out pagan dealer from flea market

James Higby wrote:
Actually, it's not even an exception. No pronouns get a possessive
apostrophe: his, hers, its, ours, theirs.

Your list is a mix of possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns.
Here is the list of possessive
adjectives: my, your (thy), his, her, its, our, your, their.

Here is the list of corresponding possessive pronouns: mine, yours
(thine), his, hers, its, ours, yours, theirs.

Huh? My list is the same as your second list, just not as complete (I
hadn't intended on making an exhaustive list).

But I agree that it is the possessive adjective instance of "its" that
causes the most trouble with folk; especially online, it seems.

--
Bob

Dale Hallmark wrote:
In writing, there are also instances of poor, good and better usage.

For instance:
"No pronouns get a possessive apostrophe: his, hers, its, ours,
theirs."

Awkward ;-)

Better: Pronouns do not require an apostrophe to show
possession. Ex: his, hers, its, ours, theirs.

Really? I like mine better. Fewer words, more commanding. But I think I
might rewrite is as:

Possessive pronouns do not require an apostrophe.

A lot of grammar is personal taste, as well as good versus better. And
of course, newsgroup writing is much more colloquial than one would find
in a college term paper.

--
Bob

"Bob Flaminio" wrote in message
...
Dale Hallmark wrote:
In writing, there are also instances of poor, good and better usage.

For instance:
"No pronouns get a possessive apostrophe: his, hers, its, ours,
theirs."

Awkward ;-)

Better: Pronouns do not require an apostrophe to show
possession. Ex: his, hers, its, ours, theirs.

Really? I like mine better. Fewer words, more commanding. But I think I
might rewrite is as:

Possessive pronouns do not require an apostrophe.

A lot of grammar is personal taste, as well as good versus better. And
of course, newsgroup writing is much more colloquial than one would find
in a college term paper.

--
Bob


I think if we all got together we might make one fairly good writer ;-)

Dale

"Dale Hallmark" provided rich and cogent insight with these comments:
In writing, there are also instances of poor, good and better usage.

For instance:
"No pronouns get a possessive apostrophe: his, hers, its, ours, theirs."

Awkward ;-)

Better: Pronouns do not require an apostrophe to show
possession. Ex: his, hers, its, ours, theirs.

Dale, this thread makes me think of a sign I saw out at the new Wal*Mart the
other day. Someone had written on white cardboard with a black marker:

"Attention all Associate's, Vendor's, and Contractor's: You must blah blah
blah..."

I cringed when I read it. Note: To keep this thread on topic, I hasten
to add that I don't know if any of the aforementioned individuals are pagan,
or not. Nor do I know whether any of them sell coins at flea markets, and if
so, I don't know if any of them have ever been barred from same by a local
coin club.

Yoosta

"The worst of this ordeal is the nationwide negative exposure that
will be given the entire city of Decatur, due to the nastiness of a
few. snip This letter is going to be sent to several newspapers,
including USA Today. The Decatur Chamber of Commerce and the mayor
will be contacted first thing Monday morning."

The "worst of this ordeal" is that the person sending the letter out
is the one drawing the bad publicity to the Decatur area. Instead of
dealing with the responsible parties, they want to attract the media
attention to make a big deal out of it.

jim menning

It is (it's) a big deal. It shows how dangerous the self-righteous right
can be.

JAM

jim menning wrote in message
...

"stonej" wrote in message
ups.com...
Oh the unusual things you find on google.


http://www.decaturdailydemocrat.com/...pinion/editori
al03.txt


From the article:

"The worst of this ordeal is the nationwide negative exposure that
will be given the entire city of Decatur, due to the nastiness of a
few. snip This letter is going to be sent to several newspapers,
including USA Today. The Decatur Chamber of Commerce and the mayor
will be contacted first thing Monday morning."

The "worst of this ordeal" is that the person sending the letter out
is the one drawing the bad publicity to the Decatur area. Instead of
dealing with the responsible parties, they want to attract the media
attention to make a big deal out of it.

jim menning



......When we enquired as to why, my friend was told simply "because you sell
satanic stuff. We sent you a check for a refund and a letter telling you
this." Well, this letter or check was never received. How could it have even
been sent when the club did not have an address to send it to? I was
appalled.......

......When I went to personally enquire as to why (the reservation was not
honored), I was told "because your witches." ......


According to the letter writer's side of the story it sounds like the person
made an attempt and was not satisfied with the reasons she got. In fact she
felt she was being discriminated on the basis of her religion. Probably
feels like a big deal to her.

Maybe congress will stick it's nose into this too?

On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 20:10:33 GMT, "jim menning"
wrote:


"stonej" wrote in message
oups.com...
Oh the unusual things you find on google.

http://www.decaturdailydemocrat.com/...ditorial03.txt


From the article:

"The worst of this ordeal is the nationwide negative exposure that
will be given the entire city of Decatur, due to the nastiness of a
few. snip This letter is going to be sent to several newspapers,
including USA Today. The Decatur Chamber of Commerce and the mayor
will be contacted first thing Monday morning."

The "worst of this ordeal" is that the person sending the letter out
is the one drawing the bad publicity to the Decatur area. Instead of
dealing with the responsible parties, they want to attract the media
attention to make a big deal out of it.

That's sometimes the only way to get things done. In this case, do you
really think the city government is going to do the right thing and
act in favour of a few marginalised people who practice a marginalised
religion? A religion which, I might add, MOST of their (voting)
constituency believe is SATANISM?

Padraic.

jim menning

la cieurgeourea provoer mal trasfu
ast meiyoer ke 'l andrext ben trasfu.

On 7 Apr 2005 11:58:50 -0700, "stonej" is
alleged to have written:
Oh the unusual things you find on google.

http://www.decaturdailydemocrat.com/...ditorial03.txt

Pagans get that a lot. I'm Wiccan, semi-open about it so sometimes I
see it too. Sells Satanic stuff, eh? I wonder if they mean third tier
slabs? :-)


Bruce (Eight words the Wiccan Rede fulfill: If it harm none, do as you
will)
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On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 20:10:33 GMT, "jim menning"
is alleged to have written:

"stonej" wrote in message
oups.com...
Oh the unusual things you find on google.

http://www.decaturdailydemocrat.com/...ditorial03.txt


From the article:

"The worst of this ordeal is the nationwide negative exposure that
will be given the entire city of Decatur, due to the nastiness of a
few. snip This letter is going to be sent to several newspapers,
including USA Today. The Decatur Chamber of Commerce and the mayor
will be contacted first thing Monday morning."

The "worst of this ordeal" is that the person sending the letter out
is the one drawing the bad publicity to the Decatur area. Instead of
dealing with the responsible parties, they want to attract the media
attention to make a big deal out of it.

jim menning


Yup. Not very wise. Anymore, such decisions are usually the result of
a few narrowminds and will be corrected at the next level up.

Decatur is not very far from me and the Pagan community is pretty
strong there. No reason to take it nationally.

Bruce

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On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 17:06:01 -0400, hoi polloi "hoi
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"The worst of this ordeal is the nationwide negative exposure that
will be given the entire city of Decatur, due to the nastiness of a
few. snip This letter is going to be sent to several newspapers,
including USA Today. The Decatur Chamber of Commerce and the mayor
will be contacted first thing Monday morning."

The "worst of this ordeal" is that the person sending the letter out
is the one drawing the bad publicity to the Decatur area. Instead of
dealing with the responsible parties, they want to attract the media
attention to make a big deal out of it.

jim menning

It is (it's) a big deal. It shows how dangerous the self-righteous right
can be.

JAM


Don't assume Religious Right. There's a lot of misunderstanding out
there as to what Pagans really are....and some of it within the Pagan
community itself!

Some of the misunderstandings are pretty scary. If I believed that
someone was going to eat my children, I'd want them kept away too!

Bruce
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