Date: Wed, 01 Jan 1997 12:44:45 +1030 From: Martin Bull <martin@ching.apana.org.au> To: Sean Kelly <kelly@fsl.noaa.gov> Cc: "Rick Robinson (Rick Robinson)" <gt9964a@prism.gatech.edu>, doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: spelling Message-ID: <32C9C895.3A49@ching.apana.org.au> References: <199612311603.LAA01144@casbah.gatech.edu> <32C93D80.1C4F@fsl.noaa.gov>
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Sean Kelly wrote: > > Rick Robinson (Rick Robinson) wrote: > > > The possessive form of the third-person singular neuter pronoun -- > > a.k.a. "it" -- is spelled "its," not "it's." > > "It's" is a contraction of "it is." > > Absolutely right. I dare you to find "it's" used improperly in the > sections I've written. > > What's even more disheartening is how often I see "it's" used as > possessive "it" in hand-written store signs, local organization > newsletters---and much worse---mass media. It probably won't be long > until "it's" is accepted American English for either the possessive or > the contraction, and "its" is incorrect altogether. The end of the > world should happen soon thereafter. ;-) Welcome to the "real" world, you might find this troubling but anyhow.... We are ALL users of the language & therefore have an equal oppotunity to change it. Latin is a dead language it will not change! English as it is used in the four corners of the globe, will always be evolving and changing and there isnt a damn thing you or anyone else can do about it :-) So my suggestion is take a deep breath and look back on the good old days when people actualy cared about "The possessive form of the third-person singular neuter pronoun" Martin
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