A Conversation for Correct Use of the Apostrophe In English
it's and its
Whoami - iD dislikes punctuation Started conversation Oct 15, 2002
The blob shows a confused person with 'it's' and 'its' above their head. However, I couldn't find the reference in your entry to what is a special case.
it's = it is
its = of it
Whoami? 
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Oct 15, 2002
It's there in the section entitled "Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns".
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Martin Harper Posted Oct 15, 2002
Actually, the blob shows "its'" that's *with* a trailing apostrophe. Kind of odd, since "its'" is *never* correct... 
-Martin
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Oct 15, 2002
If you had my English Master, you'd never have made that mistake. He spent two hours drumming apostrophes into us- I will never forget him marching around the classroom, slamming a board rubber onto everyone's desk chanting "apostrophe after the s in 'its' is never right... If I ever see one in your essays this board rubber will come into contact with your think skulls......" Over and over, until he'd banged it on all thirty of our desks.
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Dad n Dave Posted Oct 15, 2002
" Its' " has got to be the most attrocious apostrophe apostasy that I have seen.
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Oct 15, 2002
Actaully 'Dad 'n Dave', your name seems to be lacking one of the little critters 
.
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Oct 15, 2002
Wonderful. Buggers at lunchtime.
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Oct 15, 2002
Sorry! If that upsets you, Yikes it and I won't be offended.
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Oct 15, 2002
Hey? I was taking the piss Gnomon! Someone's been taking too many sensitive pills . Maybe I should have added a 
. Just to be safe, always assume until proven otherwise I'm being 
. And even then, I probably still am.
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Dad n Dave Posted Oct 16, 2002
Maybe I'll just have to borrow one of those apostrophes that accumulate on lazy "its", or should that be 'its
.
Actually, you need to be a bit familiar with Australia to appreciate the full reference to Dad 'n Dave. The only joke that Pop told me (and judging by the reaction of others in the room at the time it might just be the only joke that he has ever told anyone) was a Dad 'n Dave joke.
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it's and its
- 1: Whoami - iD dislikes punctuation (Oct 15, 2002)
- 2: Gnomon - time to move on (Oct 15, 2002)
- 3: Martin Harper (Oct 15, 2002)
- 4: Whoami - iD dislikes punctuation (Oct 15, 2002)
- 5: Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences (Oct 15, 2002)
- 6: Dad n Dave (Oct 15, 2002)
- 7: Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences (Oct 15, 2002)
- 8: Gnomon - time to move on (Oct 15, 2002)
- 9: Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences (Oct 15, 2002)
- 10: Gnomon - time to move on (Oct 15, 2002)
- 11: Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences (Oct 15, 2002)
- 12: Dad n Dave (Oct 16, 2002)
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