[Elecraft] English trivia

[gdaught6 at stanford.edu]

Ralph wrote,

> The apostrophe indicates possesive.

Among other things!  Its most common use is probably in forming a contraction, isn't 
it?

> Your english teacher would thank me for this.

Maybe.  Mine would have made a deduction for not capitalizing English.

> Worst I ever saw refered to a bunch of "battery's"

A writer I know says "An apostrophe simply means that an s is coming next."

It's kind of like 599 meaning "Get ready for the next part of the contest exchange."

73,  [only one]

George T Daughters, K6GT
CU in the California QSO Party (CQP)
October 1-2, 2011