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# That's fab,
but could you take out those apostrophes? They shouldn't be there!
(Astatine, Thu 15 Feb 2007, 23:05, archived)
# balls
I'm tired and have to be up early.

Hold on..... shouldn't they? the doctorate belonged to it and so do the days....
Should they really go?
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Thu 15 Feb 2007, 23:07, archived)
# Yep.
 
It's = It is
"Its" is the 3rd person neutral possessive
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Thu 15 Feb 2007, 23:09, archived)
# Heh. That looks like "tits".
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Thu 15 Feb 2007, 23:10, archived)
# ta for the clarification
changing now
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Thu 15 Feb 2007, 23:12, archived)
# So many things about English look wrong on the page.
 
or screen
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Thu 15 Feb 2007, 23:15, archived)
# yep they should ;)
(I helped save b3ta! Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird, Thu 15 Feb 2007, 23:09, archived)
# There's no apostrophe
when the item belongs to 'it'

It goes against all instinct, I know. But it IS correct.
(I helped save b3ta! NobbyNobody 21 years a b3tan, Thu 15 Feb 2007, 23:13, archived)
# It's correct?
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Thu 15 Feb 2007, 23:14, archived)
# yes I know - I was agreeing that they should be removed
(I helped save b3ta! Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird, Thu 15 Feb 2007, 23:16, archived)
# I just think of its
as being the same as his or her - "her sandwich" isn't "he'r sandwich". So "its sandwich" isn't "it's sandwich".
(I helped save b3ta! corington, Fri 16 Feb 2007, 9:41, archived)