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To: clearwinner

(^Grammar Police Siren*)

it’s = contraction for “it is”
its = possessive adjective meaning “belonging to it”

Liberalism can’t stand on [it is] own merit because [it is] intellectually and morally bankrupt. Truth causes [it is] foundations to crumble as we saw with the liberal Acorn organization.

Should be:

Liberalism can’t stand on its own merit because it’s intellectually and morally bankrupt. Truth causes its foundations to crumble as we saw with the liberal Acorn organization.


17 posted on 01/13/2011 8:20:53 PM PST by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind.)
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To: BuckeyeTexan
Grammar Police Siren

Gotta get me one of those (bad grammar, but you understand ;^)

Thank you for standing up for the language.

28 posted on 01/13/2011 8:40:38 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

LOL thank you. ;-)


40 posted on 01/13/2011 9:15:59 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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