potoooooooo 🥔@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoShe skipped groceries for a week to pay for that Little Caesars.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square75linkfedilinkarrow-up1962arrow-down129file-text
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minus-squarenao@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 days agoIf the goal is to simplify, shouldn’t it be “its” in all cases?
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoThe “+s/es” construction typically indicates plurality. “It” is fundamentally singular, so there is no justification for “its”. “It’s” eliminates more exceptions to various rules for word construction; it achieves greater simplification.
If the goal is to simplify, shouldn’t it be “its” in all cases?
The “+s/es” construction typically indicates plurality. “It” is fundamentally singular, so there is no justification for “its”.
“It’s” eliminates more exceptions to various rules for word construction; it achieves greater simplification.