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Re: Release Notes - Proposed last minute changes



On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 12:59:32AM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> Hi Justin,
> 
> Thanks for your feedback, but I'm afraid both your corrections are 
> wrong :-/
> 
> 
> On Wednesday 01 June 2005 00:03, you wrote:
> > Proposed last-minute corrections.
> >
> > On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 07:05:42PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> > > I propose to make the following last changes to the release notes.
> > > <p>It's wise to inform all users in advance of any upgrades you're
>        ^^^^
> > Its
> 
> "It's" is correct when it stands for "it is".
> "its" is used when a posesion is indicated, like in "the dog licked its 
> paw".
Damn dictionary client lied to me :-/

pryzbyj@cane:~$ dict "its" |head -5
5 definitions found

 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Its \Its\ ([i^]ts), poss. pron.
pryzbyj@cane:~$ dict "it\'s" |head -5
5 definitions found

 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Its \Its\ ([i^]ts), poss. pron.



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