atw: Re: The Queen's English? - now OFF TOPIC
- From: brianclarke01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 14:08:30 +1000
For those who must correct, <it's> is an ellipsis of <it is>, only.
The possessive ot <it> is <its> just like <his> and <hers>.
Brian.
> pfagan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
<snip>
>
> And Christine:
>
> "We cow tow to people"
> ->
> kowtow, kow tow or kow-tow
>
> It's origin is Chinese. Wikipedia has a fascinating article on it. You
> use
> the term correctly, according to it's meaning in English, which has
> shifted significantly from its original meaning in traditional Chinese
> culture.
>
> Peter Fagan
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