Use of "ITS" vs "IT'S"

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Use of "ITS" vs "IT'S"

STEPHEN W BANKS
Hello everyone,

It's been a long time since my last post to the reflector, but I currently have lots of time on my hands (maybe too much)while my broken left arm (upper end of humerus bone) mends.  I hope you will read this in the way it is indended - - simply for information, not criticism.

The Elecraft reflector is one of the best I've ever read.  Its users are thoughtful and well-informed IMHO.  But I cannot resist the urge to clarify the difference between two frequently misspelled or misused homonyms: ITS and IT'S.

The contraction "it's" literally means "it is."  However, as I recall from the tough syntax lessons I learned, the possessive pronoun "its" takes no apostrophe to indicate the possessive sense we intend.

Thanks for the bandwidth, and drop me a note if you'd care to indulge me in a CW QSO.  But be warned: even a broken left arm makes CW tough to generate, even for a right-handed ham :~).

73,

Steve Banks
K0PQ
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RE: Use of "ITS" vs "IT'S"

Darwin, Keith

-----Original Message-----
From: Ron D'Eau Claire

I'm a professional writer who makes that mistake a lot - in
quickly-composed e-mails!

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Every time I write a phrase using _its_ or _it's_ I have to stop and
think about it.  It's just not natural to me even after all these years.
"It's" looks like it shouldn't have its apostrophe and "its" is missing
its.

*sigh*

I'm just glad that CW is for the most part a punctuation-free mode!

- Keith N1AS -
- K3 711 -
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