Posted by Els on 09/04/05 22:31

Geoff Berrow wrote:

> I noticed that Message-ID: <BIGSe.690$le5.153@amstwist00> from Edwin van
> der Vaart contained the following:
>
>>>>Besides, 'doest' is already a word, though it's use is archaic.
>>>
>>> Damn. That's 'its' of course.
>>Its... Hmmm... Let me think...
>>Ah! Its is a large multi media compagne here in the Netherlands.
>
> Sorry, no.

Correct, but not for the reason you just described. Edwin is referring
to a large company, which is called "It's". Yes Edwin, with an
apostrophe ;-)
Proof: http://www.its-x-tra.nl/images/it's_Logo.jpg

> 'Its' doesn't have an apostrophe when used as a pronoun,
> only when used as a contraction of 'it is'.
>
> It's a large company.
> The company and its customers.

But It's is a large company too, not sure about the size of its
customers though ;-)


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