[pmmail-list] Its and It's and English language

[John Angelico]

On Thu, 22 Feb 2001 09:01:23 -0500, jimmym@blueprintsoftwareworks.com wrote:

>
>Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 08:01:49 +0100 (MEZ)
>From: Lueko.Willms@t-online.de (Lueko Willms)
>Subject: Its and It's and English language (was: [pmmail-list] 2.20.2100)
>
>To all those native english speakers: 
>
>On Tue, 20 Feb 2001 19:26:23 -0500 (EST), Bruce Francis wrote:
>
>> But ---    "It's Bruce's PC" is still correct.  "It's" is not possessive in this
>>         example; "Bruce's" is possessive.
>> 
>> The PC has a cable .... "its cable".
>
>   Don't expect a language to be consistent in all aspects. 

True, but it is more consistent that most people are willing to admit. The "It's" is because it is a contraction of 
"It is" rather than being possessive - it's not <g>.

Clear now?


Best regards
John Angelico
OS/2 SIG
talldad@melbpc.org.au or talldad@kepl.com.au
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