A lot of these have been posted over the last 24 hours. I’ve read many of them and voted on some of them.
But I just can’t take it any more. Again and again I see these obviously intelligent people making the same mistake. And it’s got nothing to do with the politics of the soft fork, ninja-mining, or even Ned’s hair.
it’s and its are not interchangeable
I stopped counting after seeing five different witnesses get it wrong. Yeah, maybe I’m a bit of a grammar nazi. In my defense, once upon a time I was employed as a proofreader. I can’t not see typos. It’s a curse.
Sure, we all make typos. But today’s deluge of so many witnesses all making the same mistake of using it’s (the contraction of it is) when they should have been using its (possessive) makes me long for absinthe with a smidge of morphine to dull the pain.
Just as Steemit is not Steem, it’s is not its.
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What a great reaction post.
I know this is actually something I struggle with, but writing on Steem has helped me improve. Having caught myself making the mistake a number of times, I have a better eye for it.
I find its/it’s errors to be more forgivable (maybe because I make them) due to the apostrophe’s possessive use in so many other cases. Their/there/they’re is what can really grind my gears...
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I hear you! I can't not see them either. Except when its past midnight and my eyes won't stay open. I'm kidding. I know that's a typo. It should be "it's" past midnight.
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oh I always forget which is which and my fingers just type it.
Not defending them, but I'm defending that it's mistake. :) lol
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I’m with you. We definitely need a grammatical Bierkeller-Putsch! Hefeweizen anyone! BEER!
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!BEER it’s hard indeed. A typo I have seen is people using are for both or and our. It’s just painful to read.
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Maybe they are copying it from the same source. :OD
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Oddly enough, one day after my post, the BBC runs this story:
Have we murdered the apostrophe?
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