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Re: Second attempt - a very basic writing question
Subject:Re: Second attempt - a very basic writing question From:"Eric J. Ray" <ejray -at- RAYCOMM -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 4 Jan 1999 03:45:12 -0700
At 09:10 PM 1/3/99 EST, Pamela Jasper wrote:
>I have a very basic question ---
>When do you use 'its' vs 'it's' in a sentence?
Please check with your favorite style guide, grammar
book, or similar resource.
It's the difference between the possessive form
of "it" and a contraction of "it is", but
it's not really approrpriate for discussion
on TECHWR-L.
Thanks!
Eric
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