Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 02:54:51 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <charon@labs.gr> To: Dima Dorfman <dima@trit.org> Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "it is" versus "it's" versus "its" Message-ID: <20011015025451.A64649@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <20011014234320.3124D3E01@bazooka.trit.org> References: <20011014231830.A59462@hades.hell.gr>; <20011014234320.3124D3E01@bazooka.trit.org>
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Dima Dorfman <dima@trit.org> wrote: > > "its" is the possessive form of "it"; "it's" is the contraction of "it > is". Thus, in the above, s/it's/its/ is appropriate. Also note that > using contractions in documentation is somewhat discouraged since it > can be harder to understand for non-native English speakers. That was what I thought, but wanted to verify with someone who feels more confident with their English fluency. I think I'll go over the docs tonight and check all those "it's" occurences that puzzled me this afternoon. Thanks for clarifying this Dima, -giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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