Is This the Future of Punctuation?

Re:Is This the Future of Punctuation? by LukeShu on Sunday October 23, 2011 @12:50AM (#3145240)

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".

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Re:Is This the Future of Punctuation? by hbar on Sunday October 23, 2011 @01:19AM (#3145290)

"opposed".

Normally I wouldn't correct you, but this being the grammar nazi thread and all...

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Re:Is This the Future of Punctuation? by SamReidHughes on Sunday October 23, 2011 @04:43AM (#3145626)

"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.

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Re:Is This the Future of Punctuation? by radarsat1 on Monday October 24, 2011 @12:56PM (#3150436)

That's a better example. My explanation was wrong, but it's still an exception in the context you provide.

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