From: utzoo!decvax!microsof!uw-beave!furuta
Newsgroups: net.general
Title: Spelling and Grammar
Article-I.D.: uw-beave.196
Posted: Wed Nov 10 01:59:44 1982
Received: Fri Nov 12 00:50:42 1982

Can anyone think of something constructive to do about the *terrible*
spelling and grammar that seems to be present in almost every message posted
to this network?  I'm not all that great of a speller myself, and reading
these messages is wiping out whatever command of the English language I had
managed to develop.

Let me point out one item that I've been noticing a lot, lately--the
difference between "its" and "it's."  "Its" is a possessive.  Think of it as
corresponding to "his" (or "hers").  "It's" is a contraction for "it is."