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    • SeulS
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      ITS 5.5%… Who the hell is paying you to be a teacher???

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      • neph93N
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        @Seul:

        ITS 5.5%… Who the hell is paying you to be a teacher???

        Very wise people who know that apostrofes can be used to show ownership as well as in contractions.

        http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000131.htm

        «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
        We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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          I'm blaming this on Mars being too damn close to Earth…

          Y'ALL HEARD ME!..

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          • neph93N
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            @Seul:

            I'm blaming this on Mars being too damn close to Earth…

            [emoji1]

            To be fair it was quite an idiomatic formulation so easy to misunderstand.

            «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
            We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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              It's a fake, but I'm blaming it on Mars…..😅

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              • SeulS
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                Eeziomatiks?.. Great, now I'm completely lost.

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                • neph93N
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                  @Aetas 😃

                  These guys from NZ release consistently solid stuff. This was no exception.

                  «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                  We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                  • ChrisC
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                    @neph93:

                    @Seul:

                    ITS 5.5%… Who the hell is paying you to be a teacher???

                    Very wise people who know that apostrofes can be used to show ownership as well as in contractions.

                    http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000131.htm

                    No, that's just wrong.  Sorry, but no.
                    https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/usage/its-or-it-s

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                    • neph93N
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                      Google «possesive apostrofe». It was taught that way to me and is taught that way in every text book I’ve ever seen. Sumfink fønni  going on ere.

                      «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                      We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                      • neph93N
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                        Upon further reading I’m understanding the issue better. «It» as a pronoun should logically use a progressive apostrofe but «ITS» is a possessive and doesn’t need one. It would seem that I and many other teachers and teachers of teachers are perpetuating the corruption of the English language. Burn baby burn.

                        «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                        We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                        • SeulS
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                          So I was right?..

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                          • neph93N
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                            @Seul:

                            So I was right?..

                            Well you’re Belgian so you’ll always be a bit wrong, but yes!

                            «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                            We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                                Ya see, I’m pleased for you. I’m glad you were right and you deserve all the smugness you want. But don’t bring that bellend Clarkson into it.

                                Just drank a super fresh Lervig Supersonic to cure thread rot [emoji16]

                                «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                                We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                                • ChrisC
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                                  @neph93:

                                  It would seem that I and many other teachers and teachers of teachers are perpetuating the corruption of the English language. Burn baby burn.

                                  Can't trust the British to teach English properly.

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                                  • SeulS
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                                    Nope - leave that to the Belgians…

                                    Drinking a nice Westmalle Tripel... VICTORY...

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                                    • neph93N
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                                      Beer for grammar frauds…

                                      «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                                      We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                                      • ChrisC
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                                        To follow up on the grammar nerd stuff-
                                        He, she, it, and they are third person pronouns.  None of them use apostrophe s to show possession (his, hers, its, their).  While it's an exception to the general rule, it is a somewhat consistent one.

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                                          Its's getting a little long in the tooth, this grammar lesson.

                                          Think it, be it.

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                                          • emceeQE
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                                            Little sample of my first beer at the new brewery.  Nothing fancy, but it’s a fairly traditional London style porter base with the addition of Kiawe flour (ground up pods from an invasive tree here in HI that imparts an ameretto/coffee type flavor) and some locally grown vanilla from right here on the big island.


                                            Not carbonated yet, but post filter.  Super happy with it…

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