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Originally Posted by lumpynose
Yeah, and I'll bet you're a Brit. The English language is in your blood. Over here in the US we've got a little of Irish, Italian, Swedish, Zulu, Latin American, etc. all mixed together. And we don't have the pride in the English language the way you Brits do; for us it's more just a tool and not so much a part of our culture.
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i was born and raised in the U.S., and I can honestly say that I haven't had to stop and think about possessive pronouns since middle-school. I have way more difficulty knowing when to use a semicolon than I do keeping it's/its, or there/their/they're straight. I'm not saying I never commit a typo, but I don't need to stop and think about what the correct usage is. It's ingrained. No memory aid or trick other than memorization was required for me to "get it." *shrug*