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you know what i bet gets a ton of groans in classes where people are learning english for the first time as adults is when they bring up the possessive form of its

27/10/26, 2:35 am1 repost33 likes

Birth Tourist

@hambone76.bsky.social

I am 46 years old, and I have to say to myself, "contraction, not possessive," every time I go to type it.

Jay

@jay-bunch-o-nums.bsky.social

I always hated the whole "these are the rules and these are the many exceptions" of it all, even when I was in grad school English classes.

tinybaby

@tiny.baby

well i only know french and english but based on that sample every language is like this

fcmartins.bsky.social

@fcmartins.bsky.social

23h

I think this mostly apply to native speakers, as a ESL person, I always notice how native speakers struggle with its/it's, then and than and affect/effect