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its != it's

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mvermeer

Dec 08, 2007
12:41 AM EST 		Being a native "english" -- i.e., ex-colonial -- speaker doesn't absolve you from having to write by the rules. This makes my toes curl. Sheesh squared!
jezuch

Dec 08, 2007
2:06 AM EST 		I'm not a native English speaker and thus I was taught this right. And now the massive (yes, it's massively common) confusion about "its" and "it's" in "native" speakers causes me to think twice every time I write one of these as I'm starting to be confused myself ;) Sheesh cubed!
hkwint

Dec 08, 2007
7:53 AM EST 		You're right, I corrected the title of the article. Probably that's all LXer can do for you.
jdixon

Dec 08, 2007
10:53 AM EST 		> And now the massive (yes, it's massively common) confusion

Eh? It's = it is. Anything else uses its. That's simple enough.

Now try explaining that to my fingers while I'm typing though. Even though I know the rule, I still can't always type it correctly. And it's and easy typo to miss when you're reviewing.

Added: as apparently is and/an. I won't bother correcting it.
tracyanne

Dec 08, 2007
12:48 PM EST 		Is anyone here from San Antonio?

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