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by **Mumon** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 10:54 am

Just a quick question. I've heard him called

Sir Issac Asimov

can anyone varify that he is or is not for me? I would do it myself, but it's 6 am for me.

Edit: And yes I know what it takes to be alloud to put the title Sir in front of your name. I just want to know if that happened for him or not and have some proof.

by **Cowtipper** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 11:24 am

He was knighted a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America.

I haven't seen anything about him being Knighted in England, however. He was a Russian citizen, and then moved to America and became an American citizen. So he wasn't part of the UK Commonwealth or a citizen there. If he was knighted, it would have been an honorary title, and he wouldn't have been able to use the 'sir'. As far as I know the sir comes from his grandmaster by the science fiction writers of america.

by **Ike** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 1:27 pm

Isn't is Isaac?

by **Boinky** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 4:23 pm

I don't see much on the net backing up his "Sir"edness, might just be something sorta unformal that cropped up over the years. After all it's not like there's a law against calling anyone sir. And despite the official title bestowed by the British govt people can also be called sir simply out of respect. And Mr. Asimov certainly deserves that.

by **Tacz** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 5:40 pm

Its Isaac, not Issac.

http://www.youtube.com/user/Tarryk · by **Tarryk** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 5:41 pm

Tacz wrote:Its Isaac, not Issac.

It's "It's", not Its.

by **Tacz** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 5:56 pm

That's just wrong...

by **Vallikat** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 8:33 pm

Actually, it's right:

- It's is a contraction for it is or it has.

- Its is a possessive pronoun meaning of it or belonging to it.

In one of those weird quirks of the English language, "it" is one of the only if not the only word to which you do not add "'s" to form the possessive.

That's your grammar lesson for today, class. I now return you to your previously scheduled craziness.

by **Tacz** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 8:43 pm

ValliKat wrote:Actually, it's right:

- It's is a contraction for it is or it has.

- Its is a possessive pronoun meaning of it or belonging to it.

In one of those weird quirks of the English language, "it" is one of the only if not the only word to which you do not add "'s" to form the possessive.

That's your grammar lesson for today, class. I now return you to your previously scheduled craziness.

Oh, oh, sorry, forgot to add [/sarcasm]

by **Broken Guitar** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 4:23 pm

come on tacz; leave it to you to have bad punctuation? Its not like punctuation is a hard thing to learn!.

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