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It's vs. Its

3 pointsby shanbadyabout 12 years ago

3 comments

sixbrxabout 12 years ago
I have no problem remembering the rule, I absolutely recognize it immediately every time I see a misuse in someone else's writing.<p>The problem is, my brain wants to be able to do substitution of "&#60;named-thing&#62;'s" to "&#60;it&#62;'s", as if the pronoun were a variable and thus amenable to substitution wherever the name of the thing itself could be used, so without noticing it often comes out (after substitution) as "it's".
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acqqabout 12 years ago
Much better is:<p><a href="http://www.angryflower.com/itsits.gif" rel="nofollow">http://www.angryflower.com/itsits.gif</a>
EduardoBautistaabout 12 years ago
If English is your native language and you still don't know this...