Re: Its vs. it's

[Christine Jesensky <Xine -at- MICROSCRIPT -dot- COM>]

theirs
his
hers
ours
its

Makes sense that way...

I think we oughta all go back and recommend this method of introducing
"it's vs. its" to our third grade teachers.

-xine

>-----Original Message-----
>From:  geoff-h -at- MTL -dot- FERIC -dot- CA [SMTP:geoff-h -at- MTL -dot- FERIC -dot- CA]
>Sent:  Tuesday, September 23, 1997 12:57 PM
>To:    TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>Subject:       Its vs. it's
>
> TRIAD Services (an unusual name, but that's how it appeard
> in the header of this sigless message) wondered <<Why do so
> many people have problems with its and it's?>>
>
> Because "its" violates one of the first rules all English
> speakers learn about possessives: to form a possessive, add
> apostrophe-s (e.g., "Geoff's message"). So isn't it logical
> that the possessive of "it" would be "it's"? Logical yes,
> correct no. Chalk it up to yet another one of the weird and
> wonderful rules of English.
>
> --Geoff Hart     @8^{)}     geoff-h -at- mtl -dot- feric -dot- ca
> Disclaimer: Speaking for myself, not FERIC.
>

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