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    Its not your turn need an apostrophe.

    2007-10-22 13:26:25.0

    To be even more of a grammar nazi, specifically the word "its" needs an apostrophe between the "t" and "s".  Someone might have thought that you meant "your" needs an apostrophe. :)

    2007-10-22 14:33:47.0

    I fear the apostrophe died and was buried in a shallow grave just outside Mayfield, Nebraska.


     

    2007-10-22 23:09:34.0

    Mayfield sounds like a nice place to be buried

    2007-10-22 23:30:45.0

    I know from official yet anonymous sources that the apostrophe was buried beside Jimmy Hoffa...

    2007-10-23 11:40:42.0

    Jimmy Hoffa is alive & living on a small farm just outside Mayfield, Nebraska.

    2007-10-24 14:32:13.0

    Thanks for sharing these! And for not being too hard on us. We'll amend with the next patch. Please do let us know if you find more.

    2007-10-25 00:06:12.0

    excellent. an addition to my grandiose - yet accurate - list of weewar accomplishments:).

    2007-10-25 00:12:19.0

    If I may add my point of view:
    I dont think the use of "its" should be promoted in the first place. A more corect and satisfying way of saying it would be: "It is not your turn". "Its" should be used in spoken and casual english, but not in formal written.

    Btw: did I spot a slight change in the background, saying: someone else is playing written in diagonal? Or was that always there?
     

    2007-10-25 04:41:10.0

    that used to be there but went missing at some point. we simply brought it back:)

     

    2007-10-25 04:48:56.0

    @Streen-

    "I dont think the use of "its" should be promoted in the first place. A more corect and satisfying way of saying it would be: "It is not your turn". "Its" should be used in spoken and casual english, but not in formal written."

    it's = 'it is', a contraction of two words, like he's (he is) or can't (can not).
    its = singular gender-neutral possessive pronoun, used to indicate ownership, like 'his' or 'ours'.  "The business was unable to find a market for its product and was forced to close."

    This is similar to the common confusion of you're (contraction of you are) and your (singular second-person possessive pronoun), probably the most rampant error on the web today.

    I agree that contractions should be avoided in formal writing, but when are forums ever formal?  Smile
     

    2007-10-25 14:49:33.0
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