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Subject:Re: TECHWR-L Digest - 2 Jan 1999 to 3 Jan 1999 From:"Hyde, Barb # IHTUL" <Barb -dot- Hyde -at- TULSA -dot- CISTECH -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 4 Jan 1999 08:30:45 -0600
Pamela,
Its is the possessive of it. No missing letters, no apostrophe.
It's is a contraction for it is. The i is missing, hence the apostrophe.
The manual has served its purpose.
It's time to quit.
Barb Hyde
barb -dot- hyde -at- ndcorp -dot- com
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Pamela Jasper wrote:
> >I have a very basic question ---
> >When do you use 'its' vs 'it's' in a sentence?
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