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Re:Why do women have periods when most animals don't? by madez on Monday April 27, 2015 @02:21PM (#9448173)
> To non-native speakers: apostrophes are for possession, not plural.

It's not so easy.

it's = contraction of it is or it has

its = possessive form of it

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Re:Why do women have periods when most animals don't? by dhimes on Monday April 27, 2015 @02:24PM (#9448192)
Agree: apostrophes are also for contraction. I should have taken a breath.
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Re:Why do women have periods when most animals don't? by astrobe_ on Monday April 27, 2015 @02:41PM (#9448313)
I've never seen "it has" written "it's". Or maybe I didn't understand those correctly.
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Re:Why do women have periods when most animals don't? by bane on Monday April 27, 2015 @02:46PM (#9448348)
"It has been a long time since we last met."

"It's been a long time since we last met."

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Re:Why do women have periods when most animals don't? by workergnome on Monday April 27, 2015 @02:48PM (#9448363)
Perhaps, "It's been one week since you looked at me..."?
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Re:Why do women have periods when most animals don't? by dragonwriter on Monday April 27, 2015 @02:56PM (#9448412)
"It's" for "it has" is much more common in spoken English than written (even moreso than is explained by the fact that contractions are generally avoided in formal writing.)

But it is a real thing.

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Re:Why do women have periods when most animals don't? by darrhiggs on Monday April 27, 2015 @02:54PM (#9448397)
It's common for en_GB, I can't speak for en_US though. Here[0] is a test with it used twice.

[0] http://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/exercises/grammar/grammar_tuto...

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