On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:51:11 -0400, "cybercat" >
wrote:

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>"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*
>

first they sweet-talk you and then they eat you. a man could learn
something from that.

your pal,
blake