What exactly is the difference between these three?
is its' even correct grammar?
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What exactly is the difference between these three?
is its' even correct grammar?
" its' " isn't ever going to be correct as far as I can see, unless "its" is a proper name and it's a possessive apostrophe.
" it's " is correct as a contraction of "it is" but not where the apostrophe is possessive. In that case it's just the same as "his" or "her" or "their" - no apostrophe, just " its ", the word in itself is possessive.
What Harry said.
We do that all the time in welsh. If something ends with a vowel, and the next words starts with a vowel, then we put in a 'Quote:
Originally posted by HarryW
" it's " is correct as a contraction of "it is" but not where the apostrophe is possessive. In that case it's just the same as "his" or "her" or "their" - no apostrophe, just " its ", the word in itself is possessive.
EG Mae yn would be mae'n.
thanks harry
Well thank very much for that bit of useless trivia, I'll remember that if I ever decide to learn Welsh (.... hahahaha yeah right :D )
(I'm just kidding :) No need to go all nationalist on me ;) )
No worries Sail :)
Don't start :p I've had a bad day :( You'll get used to me spouting random facts about welsh, if you're not already. I've gotta learn all the grammer rules :o boring!Quote:
Originally posted by HarryW
Well thank very much for that bit of useless trivia, I'll remember that if I ever decide to learn Welsh (.... hahahaha yeah right :D )
(I'm just kidding :) No need to go all nationalist on me ;) )
Serves you right, why don't you learn something more useful like, say, Swahili? :rolleyes:
Heh, sorry, I take it back ;) I have had a good day overall, so I'm in the mood for taking the piss out of people ;)
LolQuote:
Originally posted by HarryW
Serves you right, why don't you learn something more useful like, say, Swahili? :rolleyes:
Heh, sorry, I take it back ;) I have had a good day overall, so I'm in the mood for taking the piss out of people ;)
You've got my Biography in your signature Vicky!!!!!!!! As cool as..............!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!