[Atlas Sneezed]

Rule of thumb: you never NEED to use an apostrophe in "its." That means that you can always say "it is" if the apostrophe on your typewriter doesn't work, and while the possessive "its" may be necessary to use in your text, an apostrophe is never necessary.

(Thank heaven I'm not the only one for whom this misuse is fingernails on the blackboard!)

[cantfindagoodscreenname]

(Thank heaven I'm not the only one for whom this misuse is fingernails on the blackboard!)

No, you're not alone. Misuse of apostrophes in general makes me crazy.

[Graybeard58]

Thank heaven I'm not the only one for whom this misuse is fingernails on the blackboard!

I see much worse all the time.

We pickers of nit are in the minority though.

[Revolting cat!]

You know, it used to be that the grammarians and the pedants were those who objected to the aints and the wannas and the gonnas of the everyday speech, but now, as we define illiteracy down, it's those of us who of object to the violations of written English rules, such yours instead of you'res, and its instead of it's. Well, maybe their right, the philistines are, and there are no difference between its and it is! So their!

[Mygirlsmom]

(Thank heaven I'm not the only one for whom this misuse is fingernails on the blackboard!)

Your right! Its a shame, but their never gonna get it write