Re:Is This the Future of Punctuation?
by radarsat1 on Saturday October 22, 2011 @11:58PM
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The reason it's confusing is that 's after a personal pronoun usually indicates possession, whereas this is the opposite for it's/its, so in that sense it's an exception to a rule, which people have a hard time remembering.
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What personal pronouns have 's for the possesive form? Mine's? Your's? Hi's? Her's? Their's?
Ah, you found the rule for when you don't use it. Contrary to many textbooks, teachers, and websites, the lack of an apostrophe in "its" is not an exception--you don't use the apostrophe for pronouns. "His". "Hers". "Yours". As apposed to "Jack's", "Julie's", "the user's".
"opposed".
Normally I wouldn't correct you, but this being the grammar nazi thread and all...
Re:Is This the Future of Punctuation?
by SamReidHughes on Sunday October 23, 2011 @04:43AM
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"Its" is only used in places where "his", "her", and "your", which don't have the s's, are used. People don't use "its" in places where they'd use "hers" or "yours". It's awkward.
That's a better example. My explanation was wrong, but it's still an exception in the context you provide.
Re:Is This the Future of Punctuation?
by psadauskas on Sunday October 23, 2011 @12:54AM
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Bob's house. The mayor's key. The people's choice.
Those are nouns, not pronouns.