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To: srmanuel
"It's." A contraction for "it is."

"Its." Possessive form of "it;" belong to "it."

Arrrrrghh.

5 posted on 04/01/2019 2:40:42 PM PDT by IronJack
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To: IronJack

Also “your” and you’re.” Drives me nuts, but what you gonna’ do? Send them back to elementary school?


8 posted on 04/01/2019 2:46:10 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: IronJack

Yes


13 posted on 04/01/2019 2:56:01 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: IronJack

Thank you! My biggest linguistic pet peeve.


32 posted on 04/01/2019 3:21:04 PM PDT by bwest
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To: IronJack

“Its” is what I use as the plural of transgender folk.


37 posted on 04/01/2019 3:34:10 PM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: IronJack

Thanks for the correction, Jack. A lot of people don’t know the difference between its and it’s.


62 posted on 04/01/2019 6:29:31 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: IronJack
Grammar Police on Patrol

Good work Sergeant.

63 posted on 04/01/2019 6:29:45 PM PDT by super7man (Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting)
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To: IronJack
""Its." Possessive form of "it;" belong to "it."

_______________

"Its."

Or ..... short for, "tits".

71 posted on 04/02/2019 3:22:49 AM PDT by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it divine ...)
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