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[Captain_ClutchKick]

No, you are all wrong.

 

The apostrophe (') is also to indicate ownership in English, BUT not for the word "it". There is always an exception in English grammer rules, and "it" is it in this case.

 

Example:

Alex's cat licked its paws.

 

This is correct, meaning the community being nothing without it's members, is not.

 

 

"There is no apostrophe, by analogy with his/hers/yours/etc. and to distinguish the pronoun from the contraction it's."

 

 

From http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/its#Etymology

 

 

It's a jar with a lid. Here is its lid.

 

And as much as I want to earn my first nugget, don't, for I am right... this time! ;)

[Iced_Bullet]

Nope. When you say ""It's a jar with a lid. Here is its lid."" you add the appostrophy into the second its, making it's. As the lid belongs to the jar. IDK where you learnt that about not adding the ' but ... you do.

 

p.s. never always go by wikipedia or wikitionary ... I could edit it to what I think right now ... or remove it all ...

[Captain_ClutchKick]

The word it's is always short for it is (as in it's raining), or in informal speech, for it has (as in it's got six legs).

The word its means 'belonging to it' (as in hold its head still while I jump on its back). It is a possessive pronoun like his.

 

QED, fishface! :D

[Iced_Bullet]

pft, what do Oxford Dictionaries know!? :p

 

Well, I think we've been proven wrong. I swear we were told that in highschool. Ah well .... You learn something new everyday (Y)

[Captain_ClutchKick]

You do indeed. Do I get +rep now? I do A-level English and could be your resident grammar policeman ;)

[Baldy]

Damn it!

[Andreas¹]

/\ LOL?

:D Good job at that CCK xD

 

omgyay? RP5 xD

[Baldy]

grrr, talking like that /\ is not allowed

[Andreas¹]

:( I apologize. Am I in trouble? :P

[Baldy]

Nah, not yet anyway :D

[Iced_Bullet]

You do indeed. Do I get +rep now? I do A-level English and could be your resident grammar policeman ;)

*pressed + rep* Also, spelt proved wrong in the message, (not deliberate) xD

[CarMadMike]

Chrisicus for nugget?, He was the first one to accuse CCK!

[Captain_ClutchKick]

Thanks for that, but I believe Iced said it was grammatically correct first, amirite? ;)

[iBilo]

Chrisicus for nugget?, He was the first one to accuse CCK!

 

... *nuke* (cba to get a pic.)

[hesonly5]

I'm now offering my 'services', click here to see what I can do for you XD

 

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x12/randomus_robbius/randy-1.jpg

 

Seriously, this was an ad that came up, it's actually summat to do with WoW xD

[Eudemon]

That's scary. lol