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To: hummingbird

“It’s” is the contraction of “it is.”

“Its” is the possessive of “it.”

All you have to remember is that the contraction is what you would expect it to be, and the possessive is the opposite of what you would expect it to be. Really simple.


13 posted on 12/21/2012 7:28:57 PM PST by Arthur McGowan (If you're FOR sticking scissors in a baby girl's neck and sucking out her brains, you are PRO-WOMAN!)
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To: Arthur McGowan
I hope you realize that the comma you used between "be" and "and" was totally unnecessary. In fact, it was a bit jarring seeing it there.

Sentence flows smoother when it is written like this:

"All you have to remember is that the contraction is what you would expect it to be and the possessive is the opposite of what you would expect it to be."


14 posted on 03/18/2018 6:33:42 AM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: Arthur McGowan

Your right!

Chew on that for a while. LOL


15 posted on 03/18/2018 6:39:36 AM PDT by ladyjane
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