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Subject:why do so many people... (its and it's) From:"Tamminga, Ernie" <et -at- DSC -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 22 Sep 1997 11:24:44 -0700
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>Subject: Re: Punctuating quotes
> <snip>
>Why do so many people have problems with its and it's?
>
>...because in general English uses the apostrophe-s for the possessive.
>(that's also true of contractions, of course, but that just helps foment the
>confusion and ambiguity regarding this modest little word "it")
>I remember mixing these up quite often up through freshman year in high
>school, then for some reason finally having it "take" in my brain after that.
>--------
>Ernie Tamminga
>Director, InfoEngineering
>Digital Sound Corporation
>-----------------------------------------------
>Opinions expressed are my own, and not necessarily those of Digital Sound
>Corporation
> .
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