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From: "Ben A L Jemmett" <bal.jemmett@ukonline.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Santoonie Press Release
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"Kodrik" <kodrik@zc8.net> wrote in message
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> In my ESL classes, I was though that this was incorrect:
> "giants numbers"
> because it was missing an apostrophe, it should be
> "giants' numbers"

It would be "giant's numbers" for a single giant; "giants'" is the plural
possessive.  Not sure how many giants are own these here numbers...

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