On Fri, 14 Jun 2019 21:32:30 +0100, GB wrote:

On 6/14/2019 1:13 PM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Fri, 14 Jun 2019 12:00:23 +0100, GB wrote:

On 6/13/2019 3:20 PM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Thu, 13 Jun 2019 22:47:24 +0100, GB wrote:

On 6/13/2019 2:24 PM, ARW wrote:
On 12/06/2019 19:56, GB wrote:
On 6/12/2019 10:47 AM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 18:36:59 +0100, GB
wrote:

On 6/12/2019 10:28 AM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 18:23:22 +0100, Tim Streater
wrote:

In article , Bob Pringle
wrote:

On 6/12/2019 1:02 PM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
This is insane. Legally (like anyone pays any attention to
these
laws) you
cannot do simple things like fitting an electrical socket to
your
own home,
but you can change the brakes on your car. The second one is
FAR more
dangerous to other people!

https://www.mglondon.uk/blog/electri...n-electrician/




It's not about safety. The electrician's union owns more
government
lawmakers
than the mechanic's union.

Which electrician and which mechanic are you referring to?

Did you read his post at all? He referred to a union, not an
individual.

Did you not see where the apostrophes were at all? They referred
to an
individual's union in each case.

You make the assumption he's one of the few who puts the apostrophes
in the right place.

He's obviously not.

Most will write "electrician's union" to mean the union for all
electricians.

Only the illiterate would do that...the same sort of people who think
plural's take apostrophe's.


So Plural and his mates have stolen apostrophe's apostrophe?

It's certainly beginning to look that way.

Talking of it's. Explain to me, logically, not just "it's the rules",
why it's cannot be possessive. John's car. Fred's motorcycle. The
tree's leaves. It's doorhandle.

1. 'It' is a pronoun. The others are not. Using it's as the
possessive would be like using he's or him's instead of his.

It, John, car, cat, they are all nouns.

No, they are not. 'It' is a pronoun. Do you even know the ****ing
difference?

The point is I don't CARE about the ****ing difference. You really need to get a life. Why should it have any less importance than cat or car?

Stop categorising stuff for no reason.

There's a valid reason for words to be categorised as nouns, verbs,
adjectives etc. It helps when teaching English to illiterates like you.

It delays teaching the important aspects of the language, by teaching unimportant useless bull****. English is not mathematics, it doesn't need pedantic rules.

2. For the intelligent and literate among us, it helps to identify the
stupid and illiterate.

It helps to identify those with a life. You really are a sad boring
little **** aren't you?

You really are a thick, pig ignorant, desperate little piece of ****,
aren't you? A total loser.

Because I don't waste my time following pointless regulations about the usage of words? FFS go get a hobby.