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minus-squareGiveOver@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·8 days agoModern idiot’s: here come’s an s!
minus-squareThorry84@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 days agoIf it’s a non-native speaker, cut them some slack. Other languages have very different rules for apostrophes and it’s easy to get mixed up.
minus-squareFal@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·8 days agoThis is rarely a mistake non native speakers make
minus-squareOrbituary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 days agoExcept the problem is with native speakers. They can’t get their shit straight. English is my second language; It’s really not that difficult to understand this rule.
minus-squareqjkxbmwvz@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoEspecially “it’s” — it makes sense that “the thing that belongs to ‘it’” would be “it’s,” but of course, possession wrt pronouns is weird.
Modern idiot’s: here come’s an s!
If it’s a non-native speaker, cut them some slack. Other languages have very different rules for apostrophes and it’s easy to get mixed up.
This is rarely a mistake non native speakers make
Except the problem is with native speakers. They can’t get their shit straight. English is my second language; It’s really not that difficult to understand this rule.
Especially “it’s” — it makes sense that “the thing that belongs to ‘it’” would be “it’s,” but of course, possession wrt pronouns is weird.