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Re: It's and Its

Thiz cud awl bee avioded iv peeple wud uze they're
spel chekerz!

jhon

--- "Javier Miranda V." <gnominus@earthling.net>
wrote:
> <body>
> <non-looping content>
> 
> Did everybody agree to use "it's" and "its" wrong
> almost everytime?
> 
> Come on, people, if you cannot substitute "it is"
> for "it's," then the
> apostrophe doesn't belong there.
> 
> For example:
> 
>       despite it's stigma as being a beat orientated
> machine..
> 
> Would it sound right to say:
> 
>       despite it is stigma as being a beat orientated
> machine..
> 
> Apparently not.
> 
> Further, this should be written thus:
> 
>       despite its stigma as being a beat-oriented
> machine...
> 
> </non-looping content>
> </body>
> 
> Thank you.  I just had to say something about it.
> 
> 


=====
John Tidwell



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