On 02/01/2022 00:06, Song Liu wrote:
On Sat, Dec 25, 2021 at 6:24 PM Randy Dunlap<rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Use the possessive "its" instead of the contraction "it's"
in printed messages.
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap<rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Song Liu<song@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc:linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Applied to md-next.
Thanks!
For the benefit of non-native English speakers, the possessive ending is
NOT " 's ". In practice it usually does tend to be, though.
The regular historic possessive ending is -es. An apostrophe replaces
elided letters - and for whatever reason in modern English that "e" is
almost always elided, hence " 's " :-)
(Which is why the possessive plural ending is usually a trailing
apostrophe. The possessive of (plural) cats was "catses", now
abbreviated to " cats' ".)
However, with the word "it", the irregular possessive form is "its", and
when you see " it's ", it's actually a contraction of " it is ", the "i"
has been elided and replaced by the apostrophe.
I remember seeing a big sign outside a shop where they proudly announced
they had been granted a "Certificate of Excellence". And in about 20
words, they had the word "its" six times. Spelt wrong EVERY SINGLE TIME :-)
Cheers,
Wol
