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Re: It's and Its


"Javier Miranda V." wrote:
> 
> <body>
> <non-looping content>
> 
> Did everybody agree to use "it's" and "its" wrong almost everytime?
> 
> Come on, people, if you cannot substitute "it is" for "it's," then the
> apostrophe doesn't belong there.
> 
> For example:
> 
>         despite it's stigma as being a beat orientated machine..
> 
> Would it sound right to say:
> 
>         despite it is stigma as being a beat orientated machine..
> 
> Apparently not.
> 
> Further, this should be written thus:
> 
>         despite its stigma as being a beat-oriented machine...
> 
> </non-looping content>
> </body>
> 
> Thank you.  I just had to say something about it.

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