Tuesday, April 24, 2012

It Is What It Is

My cousin sent me this apostrophe catastrophe from the parking lot of a Sheraton in Warwick, Rhode Island.


He says he would expect to see this kind of sloppy punctuation at a Super 8 but not a Sheraton.

I have been noticing a lot of confusion between its and it's lately. I think a lot of people think that they should include an apostrophe to show possession, but its is already a possessive pronoun.

Thanks, Joe!

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6 comments:

  1. Journeyin' Lady...April 24, 2012 at 3:48 PM

    Keep up the good work!!

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  2. AnonymousApril 25, 2012 at 3:04 PM

    Get the Wite Out!

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  3. LauraApril 25, 2012 at 9:30 PM

    I wonder if it's time to give up on this one. It's now rarer to see its/it's used correctly than incorrectly. Sigh.

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  4. CroftyMay 24, 2012 at 2:09 PM

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  5. CroftyMay 24, 2012 at 2:13 PM

    I don't understand how people keep getting its and it's confused. Don't they think it sounds funny if they said 'it is contents'? Or, maybe they just don't know that it's is a contraction of it is, or it has. And the worst thing is I see this on status updates on Facebook by people I know who are teachers!

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  6. CRJOctober 15, 2012 at 4:16 AM

    Or it could mean "hotel not responsible for your vehicle, or it is contents", in which case it could be a bit of an extreme punishment.

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