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Subject:Re: Query From:"Walker, Arlen P" <Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 19 Dec 1997 08:25:45 -0600
Got into an argument with my boss and came out thoroughly confused.
Should the "its " appear with an apostrophe ?
" services company dedicated to making its customers more
productive"
Tell your boss to buy a dictionary.
"Its" (no apostrophe) is possessive.
"It's" (with apostrophe) is a contraction of "it is."
It's a common mistake; "its" is the only possessive that isn't formed by
adding an apostrophe.
Have fun,
Arlen
Chief Managing Director In Charge, Department of Redundancy Department
DNRC 224
Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- Com
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