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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:
  • Thank God its Friday!
    Correction suggestion: It's, it's
  • Here its August and our summer vacation is nearly over.
    Correction suggestion: It's, it's
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • Edit for useful content: you can keep a faction at level 20 during its Tuesday Delve event by one of several means.
  • If approved by the full commission at its Wednesday meeting, the changes would become effective in 60 days.
  • In so doing, FERC rejected certain aspects of NYISO's September 1 and 8, 2000 compliance filing, submitted pursuant to its May 31, 2000 order imposing a temporary bid cap through October 31.
  • To comply with the request, the Commission will update its July 2000 staff report Competition and Consumer Protection Perspectives on Electric Power Regulatory Reform.
  • Hundreds of African Americans drowned trying to cross in Ebenezer Creek north of Savannah while trying to follow Sherman's Army in its March to the Sea.
  • TVA should be allowed to lease the unfinished stations from its October $3.4 billion asset reduction to private corporations for financing to complete them.
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ID: ITS_TO_IT_S [14]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-05-06 22:33:07 +0200)