Re: Nit: please don't user it's unless you can substitute it is without changing your inteded meaning.
Bengt Richter wrote: Typos happen to all of us, but in case you hadn't realized what it's is a contraction for (it is), now you do, and you can save yourself further embarrassment (assuming you care ;-). If your friends won't tell you, who will ;-) Making grammatical errors in the subject of a post on gramamtical errors must be embarrasing. ;-) Write the contraction it's only when you want its meaning to be it is, otherwise it's wrong ;-) OTOH, how does one punctuate the posessive of a word per se? E.g., the first letter of it is i, but can one write that as it's first letter is i, or it's first letter is i ? ;-) And how many its (?) are there in the previous sentence? Don't recall an answer to this one in Eats, Shoots and Leaves. The first one is clearer : it's first letter is i All the best, Fuzzyman http://www.voidspace.org.uk I wonder if Eats Leaves and Shoots (a book on punctuation) has something on that. (vs, Eats, Leaves, and Shoots -- panda vs gunslinger). Regards, Bengt Richter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Nit: please don't user it's unless you can substitute it is without changing your inteded meaning.
The pronominal possessives hers, its, theirs, yours, and oneself have no apostrophe. Strunk White, The Elements of Style. Section II.1 The Elements is a classic masterpiece of concision and lucidity, unlike Eats, Shoots, Sells Books, and Leaves. rpd -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Nit: please don't user it's unless you can substitute it is without changing your inteded meaning.
BartlebyScrivener wrote: The pronominal possessives hers, its, theirs, yours, and oneself have no apostrophe. Strunk White, The Elements of Style. Section II.1 The Elements is a classic masterpiece of concision and lucidity, unlike Eats, Shoots, Sells Books, and Leaves. Which is however eminently more readable, except perhaps for the overlong introduction... All the best, Fuzzyman http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/index.shtml rpd -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Nit: please don't user it's unless you can substitute it is without changing your inteded meaning.
Fuzzyman wrote: BartlebyScrivener wrote: The pronominal possessives hers, its, theirs, yours, and oneself have no apostrophe. Strunk White, The Elements of Style. Section II.1 The Elements is a classic masterpiece of concision and lucidity, unlike Eats, Shoots, Sells Books, and Leaves. Which is however eminently more readable, except perhaps for the overlong introduction... My favorite grammar book, Patricia T. O'Conner's Woe Is I, is readable as well as concise and lucid. Here's how she explains it (or rather it's vs. its): If the word you want can be replaced by it is, you want it's. If not, use its. (By the way, her chapter titles are a hoot; the one on punctuation is called Comma Sutra.) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Nit: please don't user it's unless you can substitute it is without changing your inteded meaning.
Fuzzyman wrote: BartlebyScrivener wrote: The pronominal possessives hers, its, theirs, yours, and oneself have no apostrophe. Strunk White, The Elements of Style. Section II.1 The Elements is a classic masterpiece of concision and lucidity, unlike Eats, Shoots, Sells Books, and Leaves. Which is however eminently more readable, except perhaps for the overlong introduction... My favorite grammar book, Patricia T. O'Conner's Woe Is I, is readable as well as concise and lucid. Here's how she explains it (or rather it's vs. its): If the word you want can be replaced by it is, you want it's. If not, use its. (By the way, her chapter titles are a hoot; the one on punctuation is called Comma Sutra.) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Nit: please don't user it's unless you can substitute it is without changing your inteded meaning.
On 2006-01-18, Fuzzyman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bengt Richter wrote: Typos happen to all of us, but in case you hadn't realized what it's is a contraction for (it is), now you do, and you can save yourself further embarrassment (assuming you care ;-). If your friends won't tell you, who will ;-) Making grammatical errors in the subject of a post on gramamtical errors must be embarrasing. ;-) Not really. It's one of the basic laws of Usenet. All complaints about grammar/spelling will contain grammar/spelling mistakes. Nothing you can do about it. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! Yow! I want to mail at a bronzed artichoke to visi.comNicaragua! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Nit: please don't user it's unless you can substitute it is without changing your inteded meaning.
On 18 Jan 2006 04:19:37 -0800, Fuzzyman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bengt Richter wrote: Typos happen to all of us, but in case you hadn't realized what it's is a contraction for (it is), now you do, and you can save yourself further embarrassment (assuming you care ;-). If your friends won't tell you, who will ;-) Making grammatical errors in the subject of a post on gramamtical errors must be embarrasing. ;-) Yeah. I could probably get away with claiming that I inteded one error to soften the blow of my demonstration of superiority, but actually neither was intentional. Perhaps it worked out for the best ;-) Regards, Bengt Richter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
