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Rule "its vs. it's"
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| Description: |
its vs. it's |
| Message: |
Did you mean its (possessive pronoun) instead of 'it’s' (short for 'it is')? |
| Category: |
Possible Typo
(ID: TYPOS)
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| Link: |
https://languagetool.org/insights/post/word-choice-its/ |
Incorrect sentences
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- This is an opportunity to see how SAP addresses it's internal developers.
Correction suggestion:
its
- Constant company wears out it's welcome.
Correction suggestion:
its
- If you and John want to join us for Chinese while you the washing machine does it's work, please let us know.
Correction suggestion:
its
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Correct sentences
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- Who says it's going to be published?
- For the first fifteen or twenty minutes, it's possible to be more or less interested.
- For the first fifteen or twenty minutes it's possible to be more or less interested.
- He thinks it's funny too.
- Sheperdson, however, believes it's clear that electricity costs are on the rise.
- After work it is just too hard, and during weekends it's just too far away.
- I've been waved off so many times it's hard to overcome my conditioning.
- It seems it's like a flu shot.
- LT marks "it's" and suggests it's incorrect and should be "its" but then doesn't highlight that it be changed back.
- My mom claims it's radiation.
- I think at times it's very easy to be overwhelmed by facts and figures.
- It depends whose hands it's in.
- And with five kids it's hard not to use power.
- And the funny thing is it's okay.
- And when you're with a big group of friends it's even more fun.
- It looks like it's just the two of us.
- In such cases it's often a good idea to think twice.
- The admission costs six euros but on Sundays it's free.
- Melatonin, the hormone that signals it’s time to sleep.
- Comparison to the engine in Office 365 shows it's very similar.
- Comparison to the engine in Office 365 shows it's similar.
- See why Neil believes it's important to have a personal trainer.
- Yes, well, that just proves it's nothing but the firing of neurons.
- But it turns out it's free.
- And then he recognizes it's Bob.
- He ensures it's ideal for them.
- Tom believes it's simpler than that.
- They'll be vulnerable to further declines until it's clear that the economy has completed its downswing.
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IT_IS [43]
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| Version: |
6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-24 22:33:07 +0200)
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