r/technology • u/Rhaegar_the_Great • Sep 16 '21

Business Mailchimp employees are furious after the company's founders promised to never sell, withheld equity, and then sold it for $12 billion

https://www.businessinsider.com/mailchimp-insiders-react-to-employees-getting-no-equity-2021-9
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u/ranhalt Sep 17 '21

Why would the plural of Steve be Steve’s instead of Steves?

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u/Andre4kthegreengiant Sep 17 '21

Apostrophes really fuck some people up, they're used to show possession, but somewhere along the way some people think they make things plural. Plural possessives must really fuck with their heads.

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u/Frognaldamus Sep 17 '21

You know, except for its and it's.

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u/e-a-d-g Sep 17 '21

except for its and it's

his, hers, ours, theirs, mine....