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Originally Posted by teh603
Katsunami- Using "its" exclusively is still a bit of a typing quirk of mine. It comes from me preferring to be wrong less than half the time (since "it's" doesn't show up much outside of dialog), than 100% of the time. Like I said, some of that big hoopla the school made over grammar might've been to induce nervous breakdowns.
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As far as I know, the rule is that "it's" is a contraction of "it is", and "its" is a posessive. Therefore:
It is wrong to kill people. ->
It's wrong to kill people.
The dog lost
its teeth due to old age.
I could be wrong but I think that's all there is to it.
By the way: I don't know if you think so, but my post was not directed at you personally. I just quoted your post because you said your school was insanely strict with regard to grammar, and I am of the opinion that teaching language to the very smallest details only known by professors, is useless. It just wastes time and effort. Those details will be forgotten shortly after taking the tests.
I've forgotten most things I ever learend about biology, language, mathematics, geography and history. I only know the things I still use and/or encounter daily. All of the rest would need to be looked up, should I have to say anything about it some day.