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From: ags%pucc-k@phs.UUCP (Seaman)
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Subject: Re: It's Day After
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Date: Wed, 23-Nov-83 11:22:39 EST
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Date:Wed, 23-Nov-83 11:22:39 EST
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I don't think the common "it's" error has to do with "trying to hard to
be correct."  I think it has to do with people thinking that possessives
must have apostrophes.  Another example I saw was on a large banner hanging
over Main Street in Lafayette, Indiana:

		LAFAYETTE LOVES ITS' [sic] CHILDREN


			Dave Seaman
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