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Summer05
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Grammar help needed
I feel really stupid asking this question but...
If I am going to write:
The school and its students.....
Is there an apostrophe somewhere in the word its?
ETA: Should it be its'?
Thanks 
Message edited 3/8/2006 10:20:41 AM.
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MrsSchwags
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Re: Grammar help needed
Message edited 3/8/2006 10:09:25 AM.
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| Posted 3/8/06 10:08 AM |
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MrsSchwags
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Re: Grammar help needed
Posted by JBKempf
I am not an english teacher but I think so. Sorry I read it wrong the first time.
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| Posted 3/8/06 10:09 AM |
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BaroqueMama
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Re: Grammar help needed
No, if you ever think you need the apostrophe, then replace it with "it is" and that will tell you if there is an apostrophe or not.
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| Posted 3/8/06 10:09 AM |
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LadyMaravilla
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Re: Grammar help needed
if there was an apostrophe it would be it's or It is student. Nope..no apostrophe.
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| Posted 3/8/06 10:09 AM |
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Summer05
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Re: Grammar help needed
Thanks!
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| Posted 3/8/06 10:10 AM |
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nov04libride
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Re: Grammar help needed
Did you mean its'?
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| Posted 3/8/06 10:11 AM |
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Summer05
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Re: Grammar help needed
Posted by nov04libride
Did you mean its'?
Thats what I thought it may be, but was not sure.
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| Posted 3/8/06 10:12 AM |
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sophie78
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Re: Grammar help needed
Posted by Summer05
Posted by nov04libride
Did you mean its'?
Thats what I thought it may be, but was not sure.
No....just its
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| Posted 3/8/06 10:15 AM |
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nov04libride
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Re: Grammar help needed
Posted by am470
Posted by Summer05
Posted by nov04libride
Did you mean its'?
Thats what I thought it may be, but was not sure.
No....just its
I know, I just meant that she wasn't confused about it's.
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| Posted 3/8/06 10:18 AM |
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MrsSchwags
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Re: Grammar help needed
Hmm...tough decision. LOL now I know why i stuck with math! I hate this stuff!!!
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| Posted 3/8/06 10:19 AM |
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nrthshgrl
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Re: Grammar help needed
its - is used to indicate possessive - no need for an apostrophe
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| Posted 3/8/06 10:24 AM |
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Summer05
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Re: Grammar help needed
Thanks everyone... my 3rd grade teacher would be very disappointed in me right now! 
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| Posted 3/8/06 10:25 AM |
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nov04libride
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Re: Grammar help needed
To be honest, I usually change the wording (not because of questioning the its or its', but because the students don't really belong to the school). How about instead, "The students at PS 87 (or whatever)..."
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| Posted 3/8/06 10:31 AM |
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