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

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

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:
  • I'm glad you enjoy skiing, but I guess its just not my cup of tea.
    Correction suggestion: It's, it's
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • It started slowly, it had its up and downs...
  • Its really defeats the purpose of monitoring as e-mail is not exactly the best system to notify people of an outage in production at 12 in the morning.
  • In the euphoria following the previous year's visit of Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat to Jerusalem, Hadassah convenes its 64th National Convention—its first in Israel— bringing 2,500 participants to Jerusalem.
ID: ITS_TO_IT_S [5]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-23 22:33:10 +0100)