cybercat wrote:

>
> "Blinky the Shark" > wrote in message
> news
>> cybercat wrote:
>>
>>> "Blinky the Shark" > wrote in message
>>> news >>>> Goomba38 wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hell, most people can't even spell "its" and it's" correctly.
>>>>>>
>>>>> <raises hand up to be counted> LOL
>>>>
>>>> I don't know why this is so misunderstood.
>>>>
>>>> These other possessive pronouns that are the pronoun with an added "s"
>>>> don't need apostrophes, either:
>>>>
>>>> ours
>>>> yours
>>>> hers
>>>> theirs
>>>>
>>>> I hope you aren't confused by *those*, too. See, the possessive "its"
>>>> is not even an exception -- it follows the *norm*: its, yours, hers,
>>>> ours.
>>>>
>>>> And "it's" is simply a contraction for "it is", so needs the apostrope
>>>> of contraction: "It is going to rain." "It's going to rain." That's
>>>> no different than the contractions "didn't" and "weren't" and "can't"
>>>> -- the apostrophe replaces what was left out of the contraction.
>>>> Would you write "dont" and "werent" and "cant"? Of course not. So
>>>> use "it's" just the same way. Neither "its" nor "it's" are exceptions
>>>> to anything.
>>>>
>>> A bloodthirsty shark giving English lessions. How sexy is that?
>>> *fanning myself*
>>
>>
>>
>>
> You sexy, bloodthirsty devil you.

Keep that up and my participle won't be dangling any more.


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