June 2009 Weddings
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Another grammar question

It's vs Its. I always get confused about this one so half the time I guess and the other half I write out "it is". Set me straight Mamie and other grammar.

My grammar pet peeve is spelling. I know I can type fast and mess up, but when I see it, I correct it. FB kills me all the time with this! 

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Re: Another grammar question

  • It's is a contraction for "it is" ---> "It's really warm today!"

    Its is the posessive of "it" ---> "The dog is ignoring its food." (That is a bad example because you would probably say "his" or "her" food, not "its," but that is the correct use of it.) 

     

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  • SBS is correct (of course). This is another one of my pet peeves (but really...wasn't isn't at this point?).  

    another example including both:

    It's puzzling how the chair is sitting on its side.  

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  • imagemamie329:

    SBS is correct (of course). This is another one of my pet peeves (but really...wasn't isn't at this point?).  

    another example including both:

    It's puzzling how the chair is sitting on its side.  

    Thanks SBS & Mamie! 

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  • Ditto the ladies above. Basically, if you can substitute "it is", then you can contract it to it's. Otherwise, no apostrophe.
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  • On a related note, people mess this up with who's and whose a lot.  I remember seeing this on a huge billboard at Dodger Stadium, like "Whose your favorite team?" or something like that.

    Whose starts to look really weird when you type it that many times.

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