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Non-standard doesn't mean improper. It's still valid English. Just because some people are too lazy to type or comprehend an apostrophe in the word "it's" to si
by dumpsterdiver 5y ago
Non-standard doesn't mean improper. It's still valid English. Just because some people are too lazy to type or comprehend an apostrophe in the word "it's" to signify "it is" doesn't mean that the rest of us have to follow their lazy example.
- abofh 5y agoIn which case, it's still wrong in the title. Just because people are too lazy to scroll up and read the erroneous title doesn't mean nit picking pedantry makes them correct.
- dumpsterdiver 5y agoI just scrolled back up to the title and realized that my argument is totally wrong. They weren't trying to say "it is". I was wrong.
- 0des 5y agoGet in the corner!
- mypalmike 5y agoThe problem isn't the use of "it's" to mean "it is". The problem is the use of "it's" to mean "its", a different word with a different meaning.
- dumpsterdiver 5y agoYeah, I took up a cause that I was passionate about a little too quickly there, and realized that I was fighting for the wrong "it's". It's past my bedtime here...