View Poll Results: "The misuse of the apostrophe in it's/its betrays an uncertain grasp of the finer points of Eng
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#1 27-Aug-2003, 21:53It's\its
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#2 28-Aug-2003, 08:47If a person consistently gets them wrong it is logical to conclude that he doesn't know the difference between the two.
We should use its as a contraction as often as we use his as a contraction.
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