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minus-squareThorry84@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·13 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-up8arrow-down1·13 days agoThis is rarely a mistake non native speakers make
minus-squareqjkxbmwvz@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 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.
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
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.