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Rule "I have to do laundry while its (it's) still sunny"

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Description: I have to do laundry while its (it's) still sunny
Message: Did you mean "it's" (contraction of "it is/has")?
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/word-choice-its/
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • It's hard to get to by bike because its far away.
    Correction suggestion: It's, it's
  • I'm sorry, but its just not possible.
    Correction suggestion: It's, it's
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • eventually works its way back off.
  • It's on its way back for the second time now.
  • It is used in its very first batch.
  • ... because of its almost completed state.
  • The region is surrounded by the Sea of Japan to its north west, Hokuriku region to its west, Tōkai region to its south west, Kantō region to its south east, and Tōhoku region to its north east.
  • The planned East-West Motorway will bypass the town on its south when completed, providing access to Iaşi (to the east) and Târgu Mureș to the west.
  • The club won its very first championship in 1910 and its second in 1920.
  • Malta, however, has yet to win its first ever Olympic medal.
  • These were erected after the city's first westward expansion following its de facto independence from the Empire.
  • In March 2016, the city's police chief, as well as its only full-time officer, were arrested on false imprisonment charges.
  • Amis said, "What makes Mr Gardner's book so hard to read is not so much its endlessly silly story as its desolateness, its lack of the slightest human interest or warmth.
  • To the extent that any such taxes filed and paid by Buyer are prorated hereunder, Seller shall promptly pay, upon of receipt of an invoice therefor from Buyer, its pro rata share of same.
  • On June 29 (rather than June 26), Base Metals obtained its ex parte attachment order.
  • When the hare noticed that the fox had gone, it crept out from its underground home.
  • Its pro forma net loss widened, but the company's revenues and loss per share came in ahead of expectations.
  • The Taconic moves to the east in the process then resumes its roughly northward heading up the Roaring Creek valley into Clarence Fahnestock State Park.
  • The main Hekla fissure only erupted at its far southwest end, most of the eruption was from other fissures nearby.
  • In 2005, its per capita GDP (adjusted for purchasing power parity) became the second highest in the world (behind Switzerland) with 10 percent of the population born abroad.
  • Its consensus states, "Neither funny nor suspenseful, this heist / teen flick also fails to explore its potentially socially relevant premise".
  • If March continues its decline off Monday's high, December's uptrend line crossing near 2.90 1/2 is its next likely target.
  • Any inner square can be identified by two numbers on these two sides, one being vertically below the inner square and the other to its far right.
  • Cause any attempt to invade will have NK open up with its very well protected and numerous batteries of conventional artillery and damn near level that city.
  • It can climb a 60% gradient and traverse a 40% side slope with its maximum cross-country load.
  • Reproduction the purple frog is a explosive seasonal breeder specie, which completes its developmental in ephemeral streams.
  • The 118 Bcf Bammel field, located near the Houston Ship Channel market area, has a 65.7 Bcf working gas capacity and is known for its fast in and out capabilities.
  • The city is also referred to as the Ciutat Comtal in Catalan, and Ciudad Condal in Spanish, owing to its past as the seat of the Count of Barcelona.
  • I want to start a clubhouse but this is in its very early stages and will require a lot of work which i may not be capable of…
  • This remnant street alignment has the potential to provide and important insight into the layout and planning of Sydney in its very early days.
  • Enron's shares have been falling since the markets began to recognize the dangers of its plans to shed real assets to try its hand at selling broadband capacity alongside its big online energy trading business.
  • The town council is providing an increasing range of services in the town, building on its historically mostly consultative and ceremonial role, and its chairman has the title of Mayor of Bradford.
  • If accepted by the Quebec Energy Board, the rise will be its 1st in 5 years.
  • The next change happened in 1721 as Russia won the great northern war against Sweden (1700–21), which forced Sweden to cede the entire Karelian Isthmus and Ladoga Karelia to Russia, with its now mostly Lutheran population.
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ID: ITS_TO_IT_S [10]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-05-03 22:33:08 +0200)