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Those darn apostrophes

Try to follow along:

It’s is not, it isn’t ain’t, and it’s it’s, not its, if you mean it is. If you don’t, it’s its.

Then too, it’s hers. It isn’t her’s.

It isn’t our’s either. It’s ours, and likewise yours and theirs.

- Oxford University Press, Edpress News

Posted on Saturday, March 11, 2006 at 07:28PM by Registered CommenterRoy Jacobsen in | CommentsPost a Comment

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