When 'its' is possessive, it's 'its.'!! It's not that hard.

[buycitgo]

sorry, but it's driving me to distraction that people can't tell the simple difference between plural and possessive.

It are reminding me too much of chimp in charge.

[sangh0]

1. Sorry about that!

I was in Honors English in Junior High and High School, but not because of my writing skills. It was because of my reading skills. Its easy being an honors english student when the course and it's requirements say nothing about ones writing skills

:evilgrin:

[buycitgo]

3. hahahahaha!

it just bugs the CRAP out of me

Einstein couldn't multiply and all that, I know

other stuff doesn't get me the way that does

I hardly ever capitalize, or periodize, eg

why cant people just NOT use apostrophe's at all, instead of inserting them where they have no busines's?

[KurtNYC]

2. There their they're - your you're

You are an optimist. I'm happy if people even come close.

[buycitgo]

4. thats not misused as much, leastways, I dont notice it as much

Im not going to use apostrophes anymore.

dunno why I even mentioned it.....just bugged me today more than usual

[buycitgo]

5. the way my laptop board is set up, its actually a PAIN to apostrophize...

leads to lots of typos

glad I thought of this, cause now Ill be illin no more with needless apostros

[Leilani]

8. My laptop is missing apostrophe

& quotation marks...

too much laughing & spitting on my keyboard.

[MissMarple]

6. I feel your pain.

:D When contracting "it is" to "it's", the apostrophe takes the place of the missing letter "i". When you try to substitute "it's" for "it is", if "it is" doesn't fit, (The cat put its' mouse in the kibble dish.) well, then you know where to put the apostrophe....after the "s". Now, is everyone confused?

[Touchdown]

7. You have the hard ones (changed from "got")

I'll just be happy if just a few people went to Du and didn't have too many problems with their verbiage.;)

[DemBones DemBones]

9. I love Hieronymus Bosch. nt

[Sparkle]

10. Are you trying to spell

tits?:-)

[buycitgo]

12. thanks, everybody! this is a welcome respite!

tits OK now!

BTW, dembones, see if you can find the wonderful book, called "Leap"

it's all about the author's experience surrounding the Garden of Delights.....it became a cornerstone of her consciousness.

fascinating read

[welshTerrier2]

11. thank's for those tip's ... n/t ...

[buycitgo]

13. no tips.....just a rant

blowing off steam on ludicrous point

[T Roosevelt]

14. I think you loosing it

Or maybe you need to losen up? :-)

[buycitgo]

19. I loosed it along tim ago

[cheshire]

15. Guilty get over it.

[Protected]

16. Also, it's Keith Olbermann, not "Olberman"

;)

[yowzayowzayowza]

17. I tend to replace all of 'em...

with a zed except for the plurals and call it even. Close enough fer net werk.

[TNMOM]

18. My grammar teacher had this rule, and I haven't forgotten it:

It's is a contraction for when you intend to say "it is."

For all other instances, it is "its" with no apostrophe to connote a missing letter.

[unslinkychild1]

20. especially when

they're taking their dogs there too! LOL.

I musta spent too much time as a secretary. Sigh.

[sonicx]

21. your crazy. nt.