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Sorry but, what is the mistake on the highlighted sentence? I'm not a native english speaker.

by detinho 2y ago

jml7c5 2y ago
The second sentence contains "it's" instead of "its".
- thejohnconway 2y ago
  Which is a stupid irregular rule that should be abandoned!
  - ok_dad 2y ago
    "it's" just means "it is" for everything else, there's "its" I believe that will get you out of 99% of the "it's vs its" problems you find in day to day life. Bonus: If you're almost sure you need "it's" but not totally, just read the sentence as "...blah blah IT IS blah blah..." and if that doesn't make sense use "its" instead. Edit: Some would gatekeep English, I don't personally care except that it seemed to give you a lot of stress and I hate to see someone upset, truly, so I thought I might help. I have a lot of trouble with grammar rules, too, so I have certain ways of thinking that I figure could help you and others. In reality, its or it's will read the same in your head and have further context as you read, so it doesn't really matter.
    - aleph_minus_one 2y ago
      > "it's" just means "it is" > for everything else, there's "its" "it's" can also mean "it has".
    - thejohnconway 2y ago
      I understand contractions, but “its” doesn’t track with possessive nouns, which is why this is such a pervasive “error”. English has some dumb rules that we don’t need to protect.
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_carbyau_ 2y ago
I think I am a native speaker - Australian, is that "native" English? But I digress... - and I couldn't spot the error. I was going to write the same as your comment. Maybe the fact that english is so damn flexible with so many exceptions and patterns I just saw what was intended and rolled with it without even registering?!? The top comments are going nuts over "it's" ?!? Really? I didn't even blink. When the top comments talked about the error I reread the line a few times and saw zero issues with it. The words flowing out of my brain say it is a "referential possessive" IE "it" in this case refers to the last noun referenced, and it has a singular relationship bound to the creator. Yes it reverses the traditional concept of ownership (normally the creator owns the product) but that is the whole point - the website seemed to have a life of it's own and has been a burden/boon to the creator these past many years - so who really owns who in that relationship?
- _carbyau_ 2y ago
  So yeah, looked up the Its vs It's and supposedly it should be its. But I honestly still understood perfectly what it was conveying so I'm fine with it either way.

Sorry but, what is the mistake on the highlighted sentence? I'm not a native english speaker.

jml7c5 2y ago

The second sentence contains "it's" instead of "its".

thejohnconway 2y ago
Which is a stupid irregular rule that should be abandoned!
- ok_dad 2y ago
  "it's" just means "it is" for everything else, there's "its" I believe that will get you out of 99% of the "it's vs its" problems you find in day to day life. Bonus: If you're almost sure you need "it's" but not totally, just read the sentence as "...blah blah IT IS blah blah..." and if that doesn't make sense use "its" instead. Edit: Some would gatekeep English, I don't personally care except that it seemed to give you a lot of stress and I hate to see someone upset, truly, so I thought I might help. I have a lot of trouble with grammar rules, too, so I have certain ways of thinking that I figure could help you and others. In reality, its or it's will read the same in your head and have further context as you read, so it doesn't really matter.
  - aleph_minus_one 2y ago
    > "it's" just means "it is" > for everything else, there's "its" "it's" can also mean "it has".
  - thejohnconway 2y ago
    I understand contractions, but “its” doesn’t track with possessive nouns, which is why this is such a pervasive “error”. English has some dumb rules that we don’t need to protect.

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_carbyau_ 2y ago

I think I am a native speaker - Australian, is that "native" English? But I digress... - and I couldn't spot the error. I was going to write the same as your comment. Maybe the fact that english is so damn flexible with so many exceptions and patterns I just saw what was intended and rolled with it without even registering?!? The top comments are going nuts over "it's" ?!? Really? I didn't even blink. When the top comments talked about the error I reread the line a few times and saw zero issues with it. The words flowing out of my brain say it is a "referential possessive" IE "it" in this case refers to the last noun referenced, and it has a singular relationship bound to the creator. Yes it reverses the traditional concept of ownership (normally the creator owns the product) but that is the whole point - the website seemed to have a life of it's own and has been a burden/boon to the creator these past many years - so who really owns who in that relationship?

_carbyau_ 2y ago
So yeah, looked up the Its vs It's and supposedly it should be its. But I honestly still understood perfectly what it was conveying so I'm fine with it either way.