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#189826 - 17/11/2003 20:15 its vs it's
mschrag
pooh-bah

Registered: 09/09/2000
Posts: 2303
Loc: Richmond, VA
Given how popular grammar is on here, you should check out the latest Strongbad email ( http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail89.html ). Be sure to click on the flexing bicep in the upper left at the very end and then click on the CD to hear the "album" of grammar songs

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#189827 - 17/11/2003 22:33 Re: its vs it's [Re: mschrag]
ninti
old hand

Registered: 28/12/2001
Posts: 868
Loc: Los Angeles
Hehe, that is one of the better e-mails recently.

I used to have a lot of problem with its and it's (and I probably still do when I don't think about it), but the thing that finally cleared it up for me was comparing its to his and hers; all possesive, and none having an apostrophe.
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#189828 - 18/11/2003 07:56 Re: its vs it's [Re: ninti]
hybrid8
carpal tunnel

Registered: 12/11/2001
Posts: 7738
Loc: Toronto, CANADA
Comparing to his and hers just gives me a headache. I'd rather just think of it as a contraction like "Don't"

Bruno
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#189829 - 18/11/2003 09:43 Re: its vs it's [Re: ninti]
Ezekiel
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Registered: 25/08/2000
Posts: 2413
Loc: NH USA
I just think of my 5th grade teacher having a huge fit screaming "NEVAH, NEVAH, NEVAH USE THE APOSTROPHE UNLESS IT MEANS 'IT IS'!" in her Brooklyn accent that only came out when she was really mad. She was about 4' 11" and 100 lbs but she scared the hell out of us. Thank you Mrs. Solnick!

-Zeke
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