Would Sundae have been happy or horrified?

[monster]

from Noboxes' link

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Bullshit, English is rain, it does it’s work all over the land in words. The river is draining the excess rain, the river is a sewer. The river doesn’t change the rain, the rain changes the river.

Its.

assuming this was irrepurposeful...

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Hey, Noboxes, did you ever consider -given the title of the thread- that this was more about remembering Sundae than language?

Fortunately, Wanker has been in the Dicktionary for a long, long time.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by monster

from Noboxes' link

Its.

assuming this was irrepurposeful...

Use an apostrophe when "it is" can be substituted, or to indicate possession.
It's the work of the rain, it belongs to the rain, therefore possessive.

[monster]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Use an apostrophe when "it is" can be substituted, or to indicate possession.
It's the work of the rain, it belongs to the rain, therefore possessive.

it does it is work all over the land

The possessive and the other one are not interchangeable here, I think you misunderstand But its OK ...I just balanced it up for you yw

[xoxoxoBruce]

You're right, I don't understand. The apostrophe is used for contraction or for possession, and sometimes not at all.
That's clear as mud, but it covers the ground.

[Carruthers]

Ask this chap...

[Urbane Guerrilla]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

You're right, I don't understand. The apostrophe is used for contraction or for possession, and sometimes not at all.
That's clear as mud, but it covers the ground.

"Sometimes???" Nouns put the apostrophe. Pronouns do not -- owing to the otherwise inevitable confusion and ambiguity representing the contractions would bring.

Sounds are identical; on the page at least you can tell them apart.

Recommended Reading: Lynn Truss' Eats, Shoots, and Leaves: the Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation. (The title is indeed the panda joke.) Break out your highlighter if you need to. It contains some memorable remarks on mishandled apostrophes. It posits a growing suspicion that greengrocers are deploying them as a sales tool. To English majors and the Amateur Association Against Apostrophe Abuse, at least.