VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to LinkedinLunatics@sh.itjust.works · 5 days agoSelling shovelsdiscuss.onlineimagemessage-square65linkfedilinkarrow-up1829arrow-down11
arrow-up1828arrow-down1imageSelling shovelsdiscuss.onlineVetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to LinkedinLunatics@sh.itjust.works · 5 days agomessage-square65linkfedilink
minus-squareSomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40arrow-down12·edit-25 days ago“It’s” is a valid contraction of “it has”. Edit: glossed over the other “it’s”… doh.
minus-squarebitwise@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up65·5 days ago “But not many people know how to use it to it’s full advantage”
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoIt’s nice to see them all
minus-squarefartographer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoYou really hit the nail on it’s is head
minus-squaregiacomo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·5 days agothis is why I hate its vs it’s. if “it” was Dave, it would be to Dave’s full advantage. this shit will likely never make sense to me.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoYou only do “it’s” for “it is”. The rest are “its”. That simple. You don’t do it for possession with “it”.
minus-squareSystemDisc@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoIf you can replace “it’s” with “it is” or “it has” it needs an apostrophe. If you can’t, because it’s a possessive pronoun showing ownership, there’s no apostrophe. “It’s a good day.”/“It’s been a good day.” vs “Its day was good.”
minus-squarebaines@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·5 days agobecause english is a trash language but pedants enjoy gatekeeping too much
minus-squarehimezero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·5 days agoOther it’s. Some would say people don’t know how to use “it” to its fullest advantage.
minus-squareAxolotl@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·5 days ago“It has helped me…” doesn’t sound quite correct to me but i am not a native speaker so i may be wrong
minus-squaretacosanonymous@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-25 days agoEnglish speakers use has/have/had to signify perfect tenses, meaning the actions are completed but have effects that continue. So past perfect: It had helped me. Present perfect: it has helped me.
minus-squareOfCourseNot@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoNo. ‘Has helped’ is the present perfect.
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoI think he’s settled on just always using an apostrophe, and isn’t really a copy writer
minus-squaregramie@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoAs noted grammarian Dave Barry notably said, the purpose of an apostrophe is to alert the reader: “look out, an ‘s’ is coming!”
“It’s” is a valid contraction of “it has”.
Edit: glossed over the other “it’s”… doh.
Missed that one…
It’s nice to see them all
You really hit the nail on it’s is head
this is why I hate its vs it’s. if “it” was Dave, it would be to Dave’s full advantage.
this shit will likely never make sense to me.
You only do “it’s” for “it is”.
The rest are “its”. That simple. You don’t do it for possession with “it”.
If you can replace “it’s” with “it is” or “it has” it needs an apostrophe. If you can’t, because it’s a possessive pronoun showing ownership, there’s no apostrophe.
“It’s a good day.”/“It’s been a good day.”
vs
“Its day was good.”
because english is a trash language but pedants enjoy gatekeeping too much
Sure. Not here, though.
Other it’s. Some would say people don’t know how to use “it” to its fullest advantage.
“It has helped me…” doesn’t sound quite correct to me but i am not a native speaker so i may be wrong
English speakers use has/have/had to signify perfect tenses, meaning the actions are completed but have effects that continue.
So past perfect: It had helped me. Present perfect: it has helped me.
No. ‘Has helped’ is the present perfect.
Whoopsie
Thank you!
I think he’s settled on just always using an apostrophe, and isn’t really a copy writer
As noted grammarian Dave Barry notably said, the purpose of an apostrophe is to alert the reader: “look out, an ‘s’ is coming!”
But it isn’t!