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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•3 months agoIf it’s a non-native speaker, cut them some slack. Other languages have very different rules for apostrophes and it’s easy to get mixed up.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•3 months agoThis is rarely a mistake non native speakers make
minus-squareOrbituarylinkEnglish4•3 months agoExcept the problem is with native speakers. They can’t get their shit straight. English is my second language; It’s really not that difficult to understand this rule.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•3 months agoEspecially “it’s” — it makes sense that “the thing that belongs to ‘it’” would be “it’s,” but of course, possession wrt pronouns is weird.
If it’s a non-native speaker, cut them some slack. Other languages have very different rules for apostrophes and it’s easy to get mixed up.
This is rarely a mistake non native speakers make
Except the problem is with native speakers. They can’t get their shit straight. English is my second language; It’s really not that difficult to understand this rule.
Especially “it’s” — it makes sense that “the thing that belongs to ‘it’” would be “it’s,” but of course, possession wrt pronouns is weird.