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Large Solar Flare To Glance Off Earth

Posted by samzenpus on from the raise-shields dept.

JoeRobe writes "According to spaceweather.com, a major X5 solar flare is on its way to deliver a glancing blow to the Earth's magnetic field. This is the second x-class flare to be released by the same sunspot in the past few days, the first being an X1. In both cases, the sunspot (spot 1429) was not directly facing Earth, but it is still active, and poses a threat for a large, Earth-directed flare in the next few days."

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  1. It's??? by rrohbeck · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "It's" == "it is" or "it has". No exceptions.
    The possessive form of "it" is "its".
    Maybe it's because English is my 3rd language but this is one of my pet peeves.

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    1. Re:It's??? by IwantToKeepAnon · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      "It's" == "it is" or "it has". No exceptions.
      The possessive form of "it" is "its".

      his and hers has no apostrophe, why should its? Very simple to remember IMO.

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    2. Re:It's??? by Forty+Two+Tenfold · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Well you just used "==" the wrong way.

      Oh, well, I gues this is right: "It's" |||| "it is" or "it has".

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    3. Re:It's??? by Smauler · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Where would the apostrophe go in his? Hi's? That doesn't make sense. To make sense, "his" would actually be "hes". It's not.

      ps. I know the apostrophe rules for it. Its rules depend on its situation, and if it's not been used correctly, it's annoying. However, using "his" as an example of how coherent it's, is counterproductive IMO, since the way "he" becomes "his" is non-intuitive.

      There are also places where it's unwise to replace "it is" with "it's", as in my previous sentence.