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Its’ possessive form for it
I used to think you knew what you were talking about, even if your conclusions were suspect. Now I don’t.
I thought you could do that for the possessive. On the flip side, my grammar has always sucked. (Spelling too before auto-correct.)
its’ does not exist.
the possessive was just plain “its” no apostrophe, the apostrophe form “it’s” being, as everyone correctly points out, the contraction for “it is”. An apostrophe after the “s” shows plural possession, but as “it” is singular, I’m pretty sure that there is no its’.
but that battle…its or its’…has been engaged for a long time. I prefer to use the latter, however it may be assessed, by some, as incorrect. I will not argue the point…as I am only barely literate anyway.
And…to the point of Jasons’ fine piece. I declare war on stupid fuckers who say stupid shit…more to come… 🙂
And Word is fine with its’ – now Microsoft is not the final arbitrator but it is interesting that they don’t flag the usage – it must be somewhat common.
Jobsian iPhone autocorrects its’ to it’s. Who you gonna believe, that thievin’ Gates fucker, or the sainted Jobs?
PS. Love your experiment, however. It has all the rock-solid “science” of a Libertad post. ;~)
But it’s not flagged as a mis-spelling on my iPad. And keep in mind the iPad autocorrects its to it’s also so that may be more it’s going for the most common case, not the only correct case.
Anyways, as I said above, I’m happy to say I was wrong because the grammar police appear to be of one opinion on this.
Ps – did anyone else have their elementary school teachers tell them that ain’t was not a proper word and it was incorrect to use it? I’m still afraid to use the word.
Find ONE example of anyone using it the way you write it without making tons of other mistakes. I’ve never seen it that way before in my life, and I’ve seen a LOT of grammar errors.
It backs up the no such thing as its’ view while sounding curiously illiterate in itself. Still I think the gist is correct though the phrasing and arbitrary use of capitalization is pretty strange. I think spelling and grammar soft wear is ruining the language. I’m constantly seeing “an” used in newspapers for no apparent reason such as “an dog”, for instance, but here it is:
Is meaning? The boy had its ball? Was this out-sourced to some non-English speaking country?
http://answers.yahoo.com/quest…
The boy had its (possessive, as in — the hamster’s, or the dog’s, or Libertad’s . . .) ball.
Not the best example, granted, but it’s hardly Mandarin.
don’t generally refer to a boy as “it”. This reminds my of instructions that are written in English by Japanese. Yes, you can understand them but, no, they don’t sound like anything a native English speaker would write or say. The “is meaning” instead of “means” is very typical of the phrasing of some English as a second language speakers. See Apu on the Simpsons.
“its” doesn’t necessarily refer to the boy, “its” refers to the moron — see?
The boy had his ball, the girl had her ball, the robot had its ball. None of those have an apostrophe.
but boy as it? May be technically permissible but doesn’t sound like the way anyone with R English as a first language talks or writes.
In any case I think we have absolutely established that the possessive for it is just plain its.
“I am seeing the boy with its ball” may mean the same thing as “I see the boy with his ball” but it sounds pretty odd.
I have never seen that in print. Clearly it is not the possessive form of “it”–that is “its”–nor is it a contraction of “it is,” because that would be “it’s.”
However, the plural of “it”–i.e., “its”–requires a possessive form, and the proper way to form the possessive of a plural noun formed by adding -s is to append an apostrophe.
Thus,
“Those two bears live in a den under the an old dead tree. Its’ den is quite roomy.”
isn’t “its,” it’s “them” or “those.”
You’re joking, right?
Using a “thus” doesn’t make it logical. And neither does pretending the word “their” doesn’t exist.
BTW, “it” is Brit slang for vermouth. So,
“My local liquor store sells several brands of vermouth. But those its’ tastes are like nail polish remover.”
It’s hard to know if someone’s joking on here when a poster widely considered the Sage of Pols spews crap about using autocorrect as an arbiter.
Remember it from the Adams Family?
It’s Cousin It’s time to give us a grammar lesson.
Both backed infanticide …. Obama = Hitler
Sure it’s a crude and simple statement, but unfortunately it’s true.
So you get a few politicos hopped up on the bible, Obamacare, free birth control for spring breakers Jesus, and $1 trillion in Obama ARRA slush funds that have never been accounted for and well you can imagine that a genius of a full on demonstration has been formed.
Tonight you go to sleep knowing that hundreds of thousands of Coloradans will be waking up tomorrow and skipping on down to the Chursh of What’s Happening Now for a good old dose of religion.
Watching all the neighbors piling into their SUVs in their Sunday finest.
Goin’ down to get them some religion.
Preacher man goin’ to be expalinin’ that Obama and Hitler back infanticide for their nations policy. Preacher man will explain in great detail just what’s a happenin’ in America and what choices the people have to assure that values of the peoples Savior the Lord Jesus Christ are realized.
who obviously doesn’t know what infanticide means. Pay him no mind.
Sourced to nationalreview.com
You’ve given him attention.
try harder to control myself.
If you argue with a fucking idiot and you win, what have you proven? That you’re smarter than a fucking idiot?
Hardly seems worth it.
guess it’s more venting than arguing as I know there’s no point in arguing with a parrot. I’ll try harder to keep Ralphie’s rule in mind and contain myself.
Anybody with any sense wouldn’t embarrass themselves like that.
The Post wrote an editorial about Jim Kerr and “shut it,” but nothing about Neville and Nazis or the other videos Pols posted. I just don’t understand why they are ignoring this. It doesn’t make any sense. It’s like the Post knows the public will be outraged and they’re trying to keep these GOP Senators under the radar. Why the hell would they do that?
I’m very much a “nobody,” and even I don’t care.
. . . And, while we’re on it, I’m also very certain that he’s incapable of anything which would even begin to resemble “think,”
. . . can’t argue with “moron,” however. Stick with that.
I’m nobody too and I stand corrected.
I don’t mind, even if by a “nobody”. And if that “nobody” is someone like BC then I am grateful
who’s on first?
nobody is on second
Perhaps the Post is selling sponsorships:
“This editorial was brought to you by the State GOP”.
“This article was paid for with contributions from right-wing business interests”.
“The article that should have been here was dropped thanks to the generous support of a billionaire who wishes to remain anonymous”.
how’s a GOP that only raises $28,000 an election cycle going to be able to afford any sponsorships?
1914 Dollars, obviously. Much higher purchasing power.
No wonder the GOP wants to roll back the clock a few decades (or centuries if they can get away with it)!
As circulation keeps declining for the Post they will either be replaced by biased newspapers or be purchased by a group that is willing to subsidize them for the political benefit of the biased articles it will then regularly produce.
This is how news was produced from our founding till WWII. So it’s back to the good old days 🙁
Please tell me there’s some cool little Appointed-By-Vacancy-Committee rule that says I get to vote against Neville this year.
Westword has done all it can, using tons of money to justify allowing pimps to sell human beings on the “back pages”, some of whom have wound up dead, and many of whom have been proven to be underage. Their lawsuits continue. In the anti-human trafficking community, you can’t get any lower than Back Page and Village Voice.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03…