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minus-squaremovies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down4·3 months agoDude’s a copywriter and can’t use “it’s” properly. Grammar must be less important when you’re making 400k a month.
minus-squareSomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42arrow-down12·edit-23 months ago“It’s” is a valid contraction of “it has”. Edit: glossed over the other “it’s”… doh.
minus-squarebitwise@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up68·3 months ago “But not many people know how to use it to it’s full advantage”
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoIt’s nice to see them all
minus-squarefartographer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoYou really hit the nail on it’s is head
minus-squaregiacomo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down4·3 months agothis is why I hate its vs it’s. if “it” was Dave, it would be to Dave’s full advantage. this shit will likely never make sense to me.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 months agoYou only do “it’s” for “it is”. The rest are “its”. That simple. You don’t do it for possession with “it”.
minus-squareSystemDisc@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoIf you can replace “it’s” with “it is” or “it has” it needs an apostrophe. If you can’t, because it’s a possessive pronoun showing ownership, there’s no apostrophe. “It’s a good day.”/“It’s been a good day.” vs “Its day was good.”
minus-squarebaines@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down5·3 months agobecause english is a trash language but pedants enjoy gatekeeping too much
minus-squarehimezero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·3 months agoOther it’s. Some would say people don’t know how to use “it” to its fullest advantage.
minus-squareAxolotl@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·3 months ago“It has helped me…” doesn’t sound quite correct to me but i am not a native speaker so i may be wrong
minus-squaretacosanonymous@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-23 months agoEnglish speakers use has/have/had to signify perfect tenses, meaning the actions are completed but have effects that continue. So past perfect: It had helped me. Present perfect: it has helped me.
minus-squareOfCourseNot@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoNo. ‘Has helped’ is the present perfect.
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoI think he’s settled on just always using an apostrophe, and isn’t really a copy writer
minus-squaregramie@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoAs noted grammarian Dave Barry notably said, the purpose of an apostrophe is to alert the reader: “look out, an ‘s’ is coming!”
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoScammers have been filtering this way for decades.
minus-squareJuice@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoThis is broing but it mkaes me $400,000K a munth an 90 present margarines Copyediting.
minus-squareHerbGrower@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoRetiring after a couple months sounds pretty sweet tbh.
minus-squareJuice@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoIt’s easy! All you have to do is figure out a way to automate an entire industry of professional workers. The middle class hates this one weird trick
Dude’s a copywriter and can’t use “it’s” properly. Grammar must be less important when you’re making 400k a month.
“It’s” is a valid contraction of “it has”.
Edit: glossed over the other “it’s”… doh.
Missed that one…
It’s nice to see them all
You really hit the nail on it’s is head
this is why I hate its vs it’s. if “it” was Dave, it would be to Dave’s full advantage.
this shit will likely never make sense to me.
You only do “it’s” for “it is”.
The rest are “its”. That simple. You don’t do it for possession with “it”.
If you can replace “it’s” with “it is” or “it has” it needs an apostrophe. If you can’t, because it’s a possessive pronoun showing ownership, there’s no apostrophe.
“It’s a good day.”/“It’s been a good day.”
vs
“Its day was good.”
because english is a trash language but pedants enjoy gatekeeping too much
Sure. Not here, though.
Other it’s. Some would say people don’t know how to use “it” to its fullest advantage.
“It has helped me…” doesn’t sound quite correct to me but i am not a native speaker so i may be wrong
English speakers use has/have/had to signify perfect tenses, meaning the actions are completed but have effects that continue.
So past perfect: It had helped me. Present perfect: it has helped me.
No. ‘Has helped’ is the present perfect.
Whoopsie
Thank you!
I think he’s settled on just always using an apostrophe, and isn’t really a copy writer
As noted grammarian Dave Barry notably said, the purpose of an apostrophe is to alert the reader: “look out, an ‘s’ is coming!”
But it isn’t!
Scammers have been filtering this way for decades.
1000% this guy just uses an LLM
This is broing but it mkaes me $400,000K a munth an 90 present margarines
Copyediting.
Retiring after a couple months sounds pretty sweet tbh.
It’s easy! All you have to do is figure out a way to automate an entire industry of professional workers. The middle class hates this one weird trick