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uksimonusa

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It's "its"!

 

Didn't you just use the word knot for not on the thread @ deaths on a cruise ship?:cool:

 

I just seen that thread, or did I just see that thread, anyway I just saw the incorrect use of the word "knot" and smiled to myself, as I normally do when seeing something like this. It's ironic that the English 101 posting came from the same poster;)

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derf5585

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I just seen that thread, or did I just see that thread, anyway I just saw the incorrect use of the word "knot" and smiled to myself, as I normally do when seeing something like this. It's ironic that the English 101 posting came from the same poster;)

 

A Little Poem Regarding Computer Spell Checkers...

 

 

Eye halve a spelling chequer

It came with my pea sea

It plainly marques four my revue

Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.

 

Eye strike a key and type a word

And weight four it two say

Weather eye am wrong oar write

It shows me strait a weigh.

 

As soon as a mist ache is maid

It nose bee fore two long

And eye can put the error rite

Its rare lea ever wrong.

 

Eye have run this poem threw it

I am shore your pleased two no

Its letter perfect awl the weigh

My chequer tolled me sew.

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Rancher Dave

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Funny how press and others like to use "biggest" "Best" etc... and forget to check their facts. I caught one airline trying to advertise one of their flights as longest...it was in fact either second or third longest at that time, just longest from that airport in question.

 

Generally the lack of acuracy in the press really bothers me since it seems they are more interested in getting news out than getting accurate news out. Oh well!!!

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FitzLA

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They mean the largest cruise ship ever built at that dock.Its the biggest ship they have built at the shipyard. We all know this isnt the biggest ship in the world.:o

 

Apparently you did not read the article? This is exactly what it said. And I quote...

 

"Mind the gap! The world's biggest cruise ship squeezes out of dock and sets sail"

 

and...

 

"For this mighty vessel, the largest ever passenger ship, dwarfs all that stands next to it, making the thousands of spectators which came to see it's launch look little more than ants as they waved the graceful ship out of the port."

 

No where does it say 'the largest built at that ship yard', or 'the largest built in Germany'. It says it is the largest in the world.

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uksimonusa

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They mean the largest cruise ship ever built at that dock.Its the biggest ship they have built at the shipyard. We all know this isnt the biggest ship in the world.:o

 

Apparently you did not read the article? This is exactly what it said. And I quote...

 

"Mind the gap! The world's biggest cruise ship squeezes out of dock and sets sail"

 

and...

 

"For this mighty vessel, the largest ever passenger ship, dwarfs all that stands next to it, making the thousands of spectators which came to see it's launch look little more than ants as they waved the graceful ship out of the port."

 

No where does it say 'the largest built at that ship yard', or 'the largest built in Germany'. It says it is the largest in the world.

 

And that is exactly what Lakers1041 is saying, the Daily Mail incorrectly reports is as the largest ship in the world, It is not the largest ship in the world, but, probably the largest built at that ship yard, due to the fact that it had to "squeeze out of the dock".

 

The largest built at that shipyard or in Germany is pure speculation, but the "largest passenger ship in the world" title is currently held jointly by 3 ships, Freedom of the Seas, Liberty of the Seas and Independence of the Seas". Celebrity Solstice doesn't come close.

 

Just because a usually reliable news source says "It's the largest in the world" does not mean it is. Newspapers report wrong "Facts" repeatedly

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golfer1966

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It's "its"!

 

Okay, look. I'm a grammar snob. If you want to be able to communicate with others, you need to wrap that communication up in an easily digested package. You need to pay considerable attention to the form and structure of what you're saying as well as the content. Careless use of language instills in the reader a lack of confidence in the writer. In the academic world, poor grammar is often a further impediment towards the understanding of already complex material.

 

One particular error that never ceases to make me cringe is the misuse of the words "it's" and "its". The distinction between "it's" and "its" was first conveyed to me with great intensity in the eighth grade, by the venerable Donna George at West Island College in Montreal. For years thereafter I suppressed my anger at the apostrophical affront, playing the stoic as best I could. But as I grow older and more curmudgeonly, and as the grammatical fibre of our society erodes, my tolerance for this typographical trespass trickles away.

 

Here, then, is my defiant outpost, my barricade against the teeming masses who would overrun the world with superfluous apostrophes (or, less often, withhold those apostrophes when they are so rightly required). Of course, I would rather build a classroom than a fortress, and so here follows a lesson in the correct usage of the words "it's" and "its". Be kind to your friend the apostrophe.

 

It's

"It's" is a contraction. It is short for "it is" (or occasionally for "it has"). It's not a way to ascribe a property to some "it". Yes, I know that this would make sense given that the general rule for forming a possessive is to tack on "'s": fool's errand, brewer's yeast, horse's ass. "It's" is an exception to this rule, and I honestly apologize on behalf of the infuriating English language. I didn't invent this stupid rule, but it's hardwired into my brain like gender of nouns to French speakers.

 

Examples:

 

It's a small world, after all. It's a small world, after all. It's a small world, after all. It's a small world, after all.

You do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around, that's what it's all about.

Well, it's been a long, been a long, been a long, been a long day.

 

Its

"Its" is a possessive pronoun. Its interpretation is something like "that which belongs to it", where "it" stands for some previously defined object. In the previous sentence, the object being referred to is the word "its", and the thing that belongs to it is its interpretation.

 

Examples:

 

He left it dead, and with its head he went galumphing back

Love rears its ugly head.

 

Using them correctly

With practice, it's easy to tell these two devilish words apart. To help you keep them separate, here are some handy tips:

 

* Try replacing your "it's" with "it is" in the sentence. If the sentence becomes obviously wrong, you probably meant to use "its". If it sounds okay, "it's" can stay.

 

Example: "Nothing can take it's place" can't be right, because "Nothing can take it is place" is nonsense. You probably mean "Nothing can take its place".

Example: "It's not easy being green". Well, "It is not easy" is right, so the original sentence is okay.

 

* Try replacing your "its" with "his" in the sentence. If it comes out sounding right, "its" can stay.

 

Example: "That's just its way of making friends" must be okay, because "That's just his way of making friends" is grammatical.

 

In general, "its" as a possessive is like "his". You wouldn't write "hi's", would you? Well, maybe you would if you were talking about something belonging to Hiram...

 

* Look at the word that follows "its" or "it's". A noun means that you want "its". An adjective probably indicates "it's". This isn't always true, but it's a half-decent rule of thumb.

 

Example: "The cat licks its tongue into the corners of the evening". "Tongue" is a noun. I probably don't mean "it is tongue", so I'll stick with "its".

 

Where to go from here

Misuse of the apostrophe carries over into the confusion between the plural and possessive forms of nouns. This is in some sense less forgivable, since the rule is much more general. Plural nouns require an "s", and possessives require an "'s". Never ever write something like

 

The twelve day's of Christmas

 

That's just wrong, and shouldn't require much thought. If you make this deplorable error, Bob the Angry Flower will descend on you and mess you up.

 

Admittedly, rules involving the apostrophe get somewhat fuzzy in places. I find it hard to pluralize a word like "printf" used as a noun, as in "This function contains twenty-two printfs", since that can lead to confusion. I would simply avoid the issue: "This function contains twenty-two occurrences of printf".

 

Conclusion

I'm glad I finally got that off my chest. Sorry to drag on for so long, but this really is important. If you want to be understood, you need to present your thoughts in a way that leaves the fewest barriers to comprehension. The error described here doesn't derail the reader, but it does present a speed bump, a momentary mental hiccup from which one must recover. A moment's thought while writing can make for a smooth ride later on.

 

I'm not alone in my concern for the proper use of the apostrophe. If you're still looking for answers, I'm sure you can find any number of other sources of information.

from

http://www.cgl.uwaterloo.ca/~csk/its.html

 

 

 

The It's vs. Its page

If you're confused by these two little words, you've come to the right place. (Not that there aren't other right places.)

 

It's is a contraction for it is or it has.

 

Its is a possessive pronoun meaning, more or less, of it or belonging to it.

 

And there is absolutely, positively, no such word as its'.

A simple test

 

If you can replace it[']s in your sentence with it is or it has, then your word is it's; otherwise, your word is its.

Another test

 

Its is the neuter version of his and her. Try plugging her into your sentence where you think its belongs. If the sentence still works grammatically (if not logically) then your word is indeed its.

Examples

 

It's been good to know you. Contraction: it has

It's a bird! It's a plane! Contraction: it is

 

The dodo bird is known for its inability to fly. Possessive pronoun: its inability = the dodo bird's inability

from

http://www.stormloader.com/garyes/its/#top

 

 

"Cruise Critic..... Its a board for cruise talk, not english class..." :)

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browneyes7

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It's "its"!

 

Okay, look. I'm a grammar snob. If you want to be able to communicate with others, you need to wrap that communication up in an easily digested package. You need to pay considerable attention to the form and structure of what you're saying as well as the content. Careless use of language instills in the reader a lack of confidence in the writer. In the academic world, poor grammar is often a further impediment towards the understanding of already complex material.

 

One particular error that never ceases to make me cringe is the misuse of the words "it's" and "its". The distinction between "it's" and "its" was first conveyed to me with great intensity in the eighth grade, by the venerable Donna George at West Island College in Montreal. For years thereafter I suppressed my anger at the apostrophical affront, playing the stoic as best I could. But as I grow older and more curmudgeonly, and as the grammatical fibre of our society erodes, my tolerance for this typographical trespass trickles away.

 

Here, then, is my defiant outpost, my barricade against the teeming masses who would overrun the world with superfluous apostrophes (or, less often, withhold those apostrophes when they are so rightly required). Of course, I would rather build a classroom than a fortress, and so here follows a lesson in the correct usage of the words "it's" and "its". Be kind to your friend the apostrophe.

 

It's

"It's" is a contraction. It is short for "it is" (or occasionally for "it has"). It's not a way to ascribe a property to some "it". Yes, I know that this would make sense given that the general rule for forming a possessive is to tack on "'s": fool's errand, brewer's yeast, horse's ass. "It's" is an exception to this rule, and I honestly apologize on behalf of the infuriating English language. I didn't invent this stupid rule, but it's hardwired into my brain like gender of nouns to French speakers.

 

Examples:

 

It's a small world, after all. It's a small world, after all. It's a small world, after all. It's a small world, after all.

You do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around, that's what it's all about.

Well, it's been a long, been a long, been a long, been a long day.

 

Its

"Its" is a possessive pronoun. Its interpretation is something like "that which belongs to it", where "it" stands for some previously defined object. In the previous sentence, the object being referred to is the word "its", and the thing that belongs to it is its interpretation.

 

Examples:

 

He left it dead, and with its head he went galumphing back

Love rears its ugly head.

 

Using them correctly

With practice, it's easy to tell these two devilish words apart. To help you keep them separate, here are some handy tips:

 

* Try replacing your "it's" with "it is" in the sentence. If the sentence becomes obviously wrong, you probably meant to use "its". If it sounds okay, "it's" can stay.

 

Example: "Nothing can take it's place" can't be right, because "Nothing can take it is place" is nonsense. You probably mean "Nothing can take its place".

Example: "It's not easy being green". Well, "It is not easy" is right, so the original sentence is okay.

 

* Try replacing your "its" with "his" in the sentence. If it comes out sounding right, "its" can stay.

 

Example: "That's just its way of making friends" must be okay, because "That's just his way of making friends" is grammatical.

 

In general, "its" as a possessive is like "his". You wouldn't write "hi's", would you? Well, maybe you would if you were talking about something belonging to Hiram...

 

* Look at the word that follows "its" or "it's". A noun means that you want "its". An adjective probably indicates "it's". This isn't always true, but it's a half-decent rule of thumb.

 

Example: "The cat licks its tongue into the corners of the evening". "Tongue" is a noun. I probably don't mean "it is tongue", so I'll stick with "its".

 

Where to go from here

Misuse of the apostrophe carries over into the confusion between the plural and possessive forms of nouns. This is in some sense less forgivable, since the rule is much more general. Plural nouns require an "s", and possessives require an "'s". Never ever write something like

 

The twelve day's of Christmas

 

That's just wrong, and shouldn't require much thought. If you make this deplorable error, Bob the Angry Flower will descend on you and mess you up.

 

Admittedly, rules involving the apostrophe get somewhat fuzzy in places. I find it hard to pluralize a word like "printf" used as a noun, as in "This function contains twenty-two printfs", since that can lead to confusion. I would simply avoid the issue: "This function contains twenty-two occurrences of printf".

 

Conclusion

I'm glad I finally got that off my chest. Sorry to drag on for so long, but this really is important. If you want to be understood, you need to present your thoughts in a way that leaves the fewest barriers to comprehension. The error described here doesn't derail the reader, but it does present a speed bump, a momentary mental hiccup from which one must recover. A moment's thought while writing can make for a smooth ride later on.

 

I'm not alone in my concern for the proper use of the apostrophe. If you're still looking for answers, I'm sure you can find any number of other sources of information.

from

http://www.cgl.uwaterloo.ca/~csk/its.html

 

 

 

The It's vs. Its page

If you're confused by these two little words, you've come to the right place. (Not that there aren't other right places.)

 

It's is a contraction for it is or it has.

 

Its is a possessive pronoun meaning, more or less, of it or belonging to it.

 

And there is absolutely, positively, no such word as its'.

A simple test

 

If you can replace it[']s in your sentence with it is or it has, then your word is it's; otherwise, your word is its.

Another test

 

Its is the neuter version of his and her. Try plugging her into your sentence where you think its belongs. If the sentence still works grammatically (if not logically) then your word is indeed its.

Examples

 

It's been good to know you. Contraction: it has

It's a bird! It's a plane! Contraction: it is

 

The dodo bird is known for its inability to fly. Possessive pronoun: its inability = the dodo bird's inability

from

http://www.stormloader.com/garyes/its/#top

 

What do you do for a living? Just curious.:)

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Jaxsonbrownie

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"For this mighty vessel, the largest ever passenger ship, dwarfs all that stands next to it, making the thousands of spectators which came to see it's launch look little more than ants as they waved the graceful ship out of the port."

 

DERF, Did you Knot;) catch this in the article?? The sentence would read " spectators which came to see it is launch" Doesn't make any cents;)

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Georgiagolfer

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Well, sure can tell it's or it is Friday and fellow CC's or CC'ers, or CCs are looking forward to winding down from a very stressful week. Congress passed the "bailout bill" today, and I don't know whether to be glad, mad, or sad, or all of the above.

 

BTW, looking forward to sailing on Liberty of the Seas soon, :D presently 1 of the 3 largest passenger cruise ships afloat today.

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alansfreed

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And perhaps we could toss in "your" and "you're" while we're at it. And maybe we could teach people how to quote just a tiny, relevant portion of a long post, rather than posting the entire thing over and over :)

 

 

For our next lesson we will discuss the differences between "loose" and "lose", "dessert" and "desert" and, if we have time, between "stewart" and "steward".:D:D
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