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Old 09-12-2007, 01:12 PM   #34
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
It just completely and utterly baffles me why so many people get this wrong. How difficult is it to remember that "it's" means "it is", and "its" means "belonging to it"? This is not "rocket science"!
All the other pronouns get whole new words for possessive, even when they're plural. Poor it should get a refund (or change its name to "Joe" and revel in Joe's apostropheness).

Of course, that doesn't explain why the second most common error is "your/you're".
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