[pmmail-list] 2.20.2100

[William B. Kendall]

Tue, 20 Feb 2001 15:00:36 -0500 (EST), Bruce Francis wrote:

>Easiest to remember:  convert the "it's" to the uncontracted form "it is"
> and substitute that into the sentence.  If "it is" makes sense then the
> apostrophe is needed.  If it doesn't make sense then it is "possessive"
> and there is no apostrophe.

And on Tue, 20 Feb 2001 16:28:04 -0500, Gene Gough wrote:

>Is it not possessive?
>...
>

My favorite rule for this bit of grammar is to remember that "his" is
NOT "hi's". So "its" is not "it's" either (not withstanding the fact
that "it's" has another, unrelated meaning.

But we are a bit off subject, aren't we.

Bill Kendall

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