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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 4 of 4 1 2 3 4 Re: the apostrophe as discussed today in wordsmith. David #177957 07/04/08 07:21 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague It's it's its own hmh?..... Jackie? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: the apostrophe as discussed today in wordsmith. BranShea #177964 07/04/08 11:02 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,948 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 OP Carpal Tunnel OP LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,948 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Its its, or it's its, or its it's? Sheeeeeeshe. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: the apostrophe as discussed today in wordsmith. LukeJavan8 #177965 07/04/08 11:03 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,948 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 OP Carpal Tunnel OP LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,948 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Enough already ! ! ! ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: the apostrophe as discussed today in wordsmith. LukeJavan8 #177974 07/05/08 02:43 AM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania If you wanted to talk about the problem jointly owned by its and it's would you use the word " ...its'... " Or perhaps it's itses? It's its' its and it's wot causes itses confusion. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: the apostrophe as discussed today in wordsmith. The Pook #204029 01/04/12 05:00 AM Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under Candy Pooh-Bah Candy Pooh-Bah Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under I thought this (apostrophe) was in discussion recently and a quick search in archive gave many threads....this was not the one I was looking to add to....but it will do! "EAGLE-eyed bargain hunters have rushed to social media sites to lampoon Myer for a grammar clanger in seven-storey-high banners erected across Australia." Oh the shame! link to picture Myers recently reopened after the Christmas break, with a new campaign featuring the slogan, “Early bird get's the right size”. As you notice... the apostrophe isn't necessary...as did lots of other punctuation enthusiasts across the country. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: the apostrophe as discussed today in wordsmith. Candy #204034 01/04/12 05:25 AM Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska Tromboniator old hand Tromboniator old hand Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska I don't get' it. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: the apostrophe as discussed today in wordsmith. LukeJavan8 #204037 01/04/12 12:51 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 They left out the apostrophe in "MIS'S". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: the apostrophe as discussed today in wordsmith. Faldage #204058 01/05/12 10:46 AM Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under Candy Pooh-Bah Candy Pooh-Bah Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under oops...you got me Faldo...I went back and had another look at the poster and wondered how I overlooked that Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: the apostrophe as discussed today in wordsmith. Candy #204075 01/06/12 11:37 AM Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK Rhubarb Commando old hand Rhubarb Commando old hand Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK Candy, I really don't understand how you could miss it - it's so obvious! More seriously, this highlights a problem that so many of my students had - and all my students were mature ones - average age about 50! As a guide I would tell them that, if you could substitute "his" for "its" without losing the meaning (whatever it did to the accuracy) of the statement, then it was possesive and did not need an apostrophe. If you could equally use "it is" for "its" then it was a contraction and therefore did need one. I, quite sensibly, didn't go into metalinguistics to examine the possible use of "its" as a plural form! (E.g, How many "its" appear in the following sentence? "It doesn't matter if it hits it or misses it.") 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