SR-71

Ron Natalie wrote:
Blanche wrote:
Alan Gerber wrote:
Bob Moore wrote:
Ron Natalie wrote
When the Smithsonian had there's in it's own temporary hangar it
looked small.
RON!! I don't believe it! "their's".....:-)
I hate spelling flames, but I guess I can handle an apostrophe flame.

It's "theirs" and "its", as in "had theirs in its own temporary hangar".

Had "its" in "its" hangar.

The Smithsonian is considered a singular entity.

Yes, I should have known better about the apostrophe use, I concede.

The Smithsonian here was used as a collective noun for the people
working there. "Theirs" would have been appropriate.

And yes, I do know when anal retentive has a hyphen.

Ah...the pronomial posessive "theirs". I had to go look that one up.
Learned something new today!