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Ultimatum479
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by Ultimatum479 » Sat May 12, 2007 7:13 pm
BunnyWithStick wrote:Ah yes:
It's = It has/Generic ownership or similar.
*sigh* No, no, not at all. You're switching it around again.
Apostrophes replace missing letters in order to create contractions. Therefore, "it's" stands for "it is", which has nothing to do with possession.
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BunnyWithStick
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by BunnyWithStick » Sat May 12, 2007 7:29 pm
Dictionary Widget wrote:A punctuation mark (?’?) used to indicate either possession e.g., Harry’s book; boys’s coats) or the omission of letters or numbers (e.g., can’t; he’s; class of ’99).
I rest my case.
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by tallyl.iii » Sat May 12, 2007 8:34 pm
But 'It's' and 'Its' are an exception. 'It's' can mean 'It is' or 'It has,' but only the latter in the case of the present participle. e.g. "It has won" to "It's won."
Dictionary.com wrote:it's[. . .]
1. contraction of it is: It's starting to rain.
2. contraction of it has: It's been a long time.
Dictionary.com wrote:its[. . .]
–pronoun
the possessive form of it (used as an attributive adjective): The book has lost its jacket. I'm sorry about its being so late.
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by cachiporrin » Sat May 12, 2007 8:36 pm
.................................if you can stop talking about that, model is not the right word, it's mod or texture, i fixed the link
, for the moment, it isn't a good progress, but i need some help
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by BunnyWithStick » Sat May 12, 2007 9:42 pm
tallyl, I fail to see how that proves that "it's" used possessively is incorrect.
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by Zantalos » Sat May 12, 2007 10:43 pm
Maybe you should just stop talking for a while.
Ask your teacher.
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by Usagi » Sat May 12, 2007 11:04 pm
It's a contraction for "it is."
It's never used any other way, and it's impossible for it to be used to mean "belonging to it."
It's not a matter of opinion, nor of common usage: it's a matter of a grammatical rule.
It's a well established fact that its case is unique.
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Ultimatum479
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by Ultimatum479 » Sat May 12, 2007 11:47 pm
Meh. BwS is lucky. Since he's 12, we forgive him some of his mistakes, like this one, while when he does something right, we're doubly impressed because he's young. Cheap. The blessing of low expectations...
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by BunnyWithStick » Sun May 13, 2007 12:01 am
I knew you'd say that. Why is it that you don't trust a dictionary? Doesn't that undermine the entire purpose of dictionaries?
I think you should give me a good reason as to why it's incorrect before you assume you're an all-knowing god.
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by David » Sun May 13, 2007 12:35 am
It's/its is following the same pattern as he's/his, they're/their, you're/your and other possessive pronouns.
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by Usagi » Sun May 13, 2007 9:04 am
It's incorrect because it's a hard and fast rule: the possessive of it is its, not it's.
What else do you need to know? Why grammatical rules are irregular? No one can tell you that, but all languages have them.
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by Ultimatum479 » Sun May 13, 2007 11:49 am
tallyl.iii wrote:Dictionary.com wrote:it's[. . .]
1. contraction of it is: It's starting to rain.
2. contraction of it has: It's been a long time.
Dictionary.com wrote:its[. . .]
–pronoun
the possessive form of it (used as an attributive adjective): The book has lost its jacket. I'm sorry about its being so late.
Dude, why are you saying
we don't trust dictionaries? Read.
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by Crill3 » Sun May 13, 2007 1:27 pm
This is madness!
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by Usagi » Sun May 13, 2007 1:37 pm
Better change the topic name to "C's Mad Project."
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by NickD » Sun May 13, 2007 1:45 pm
I've been playing WoW more than usual, and "it's" in that case means "it belongs to..." IE: Nick
's computer. And that's why i've been gone for a while. I've been playing wow every day from 5:00pm - 2:30am
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