# Haven't even opened the package and I want to send it back. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 18, 2002, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/havent-even-opened-the-package-and-i-want-to-send-it-back/137404 "2002-11-18T22:52:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Typo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@Typo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/havent-even-opened-the-package-and-i-want-to-send-it-back/137404/41 "2002-11-19T14:10:09Z")
Men’s sana in corpore sano! what, thats not right either? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/havent-even-opened-the-package-and-i-want-to-send-it-back/137404/42 "2002-11-19T16:47:57Z")
> [@](#): > > Possessive pronouns – my/mine, your/yours, his, her/hers, its, our/ours, their/theirs – are their own category, no apostrophe involved. Oh yeah. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/havent-even-opened-the-package-and-i-want-to-send-it-back/137404/43 "2002-11-19T17:11:49Z")
**Typo** , if I see that on my next box of Asics (or Asic’s? or Asics’?) I’d better not be payin’ full price for 'em. -'scout 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/havent-even-opened-the-package-and-i-want-to-send-it-back/137404/44 "2002-11-19T18:57:09Z")
Heh heh… [Run like the Pro’s Trot](http://205.147.231.44/home/1,1300,1-0-0-413,FF.html) of course. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/havent-even-opened-the-package-and-i-want-to-send-it-back/137404/45 "2002-11-19T19:04:21Z")
> [@](#): > > But trust on me on this, It really “John’s car.” Why does this fail to instill me with confidence? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/havent-even-opened-the-package-and-i-want-to-send-it-back/137404/46 "2002-11-19T20:58:26Z")
A former friend of mine, who some of the dopers met, has the annoying habit of misusing or deleting apostophies with incredible consistency. She never used one for possesives except for “its” nor for contractions while plurals always got them. The sad part was she was working to be a secondary school teacher. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/havent-even-opened-the-package-and-i-want-to-send-it-back/137404/47 "2002-11-19T21:25:06Z")
Totally off topic, but you are so going to love the heart rate monitor. ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/havent-even-opened-the-package-and-i-want-to-send-it-back/137404/48 "2002-11-19T21:33:40Z")
LOL **amarinth** I’ve been wearing it at work all day today. 1. Good News: My twice-daily walks up 12 flights of stairs put my heart at the top of its aerobic zone. 2. Bad News: A steady 12-minute mile pace puts my heart at the top of its aerobic zone. Can you say “turtle?” ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/havent-even-opened-the-package-and-i-want-to-send-it-back/137404/49 "2002-11-20T01:12:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by voguevixen \* > \*\*Wrong. “Pro’s” is not a legitimate contraction (two words combined into one.) Advertisements is not “ad’s” for example; it’s “ads.” > \*\* What about when a single word is shortened into a smaller word? I take my examples from _Road to Oz_ by L. Frank Baum, where the character Button Bright doesn’t get a sentance in edgewise without words being shortened by apostrophies. Or another example, from _Tom Sawyer_ (since i am reading taht now) Tom says:"…Because if he’d ‘a’ had one she’d ‘a’ burnt him one herself!" where have gets turned into a single letter. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/havent-even-opened-the-package-and-i-want-to-send-it-back/137404/50 "2002-11-20T17:06:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tars Tarkas \* > \*\*What about when a single word is shortened into a smaller word? I take my examples from _Road to Oz_ by L. Frank Baum, where the character Button Bright doesn’t get a sentance in edgewise without words being shortened by apostrophies. Or another example, from _Tom Sawyer_ (since i am reading taht now) Tom says:"…Because if he’d ‘a’ had one she’d ‘a’ burnt him one herself!" where have gets turned into a single letter. \*\* I was thinking about that after I posted because the cutsie-poo word “l’il” popped into my head. I think those are instances of writing meant to mimic a certain dialect or speaking style. For instance the word “have” is not spelled as ‘a’ throughout the entire book, only when Tom is speaking. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/havent-even-opened-the-package-and-i-want-to-send-it-back/137404.md?page=2)