Which saw is best?

[David Hall]

This week's Pennysaver had an ad for some lumber. Something about cherry, oak and maple, minimum 8" wide by 10 ft long, lot for $9.75 OBO. Of course it was supposed to be $975 OBO.

In a slightly different note, Charlie, check out the boats section of the Parkersbug News want ads. There is an ad there for 2 - 750 Jetskis for $5,300 firm. This ad has been running for at least 2.5 years straight. The paper says it will run your ad until it sells. I believe the current book value on those skis in perfect condition is about $2,500 retail. I have to check the paper every time I visit mom just to chuckle that that ad is still running.

Dave Hall

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[Kenneth]

Howdy,

I love ya, but after reading the above several times, I simply do not understand what it is to convey. Both of those sentence fragments surely appear to me to be plurals rather than possessives. What is NOT analogous about them?

I am the one missing the point. Can you try it again?

Sincere thanks,

[J. Clarke]

I'm sorry, but I either don't see why you stopped the guy or don't see what you're trying to say. Are you trying to say that English is not engineering or are you trying to say that you criticized the poor bastard for trying to give you an accurate answer to your question?

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[Kenneth]

Well, it took me a while, but I now suspect that the OP was trying to say that the proper use of the apostrophe was not an issue of "preference" but was, instead, an issue of clearly defined rules.

Where the analogy to engineering comes in, well, that is too deep for me...

All the best,

[nospambob]