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Nov. 9th, 2011 09:50 amEvery time you put an apostrophe in the word 'its' when one shouldn't be there, it feels like a slap in the face. So please, for the love of my face, STOP IT.
If you're in doubt about whether or not there should be an apostrophe, just leave it out. I don't react nearly so poorly to the missing apostrophe, thanks to texting.
For your edification: It's is a contration of 'it' and 'is'. Use it like this: It's really annoying when you move my stuff. You can sub in 'it is' and the sentence still makes sense. Its is a word showing that something owns something else. Use it like this: The dog showed its teeth to its master. If you sub in 'it is' for either 'its' in that sentence, it makes no fucking sense.
I'm pretty sure I've mentioned this before. But maybe the more posts I make about it, the more likely people will be to stop doing it.
If you're in doubt about whether or not there should be an apostrophe, just leave it out. I don't react nearly so poorly to the missing apostrophe, thanks to texting.
For your edification: It's is a contration of 'it' and 'is'. Use it like this: It's really annoying when you move my stuff. You can sub in 'it is' and the sentence still makes sense. Its is a word showing that something owns something else. Use it like this: The dog showed its teeth to its master. If you sub in 'it is' for either 'its' in that sentence, it makes no fucking sense.
I'm pretty sure I've mentioned this before. But maybe the more posts I make about it, the more likely people will be to stop doing it.
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