I'm sitting with the guy with the 3 furry tails on this one, and I'd be considered a mac fanboy by most. The MacBook is a kickass laptop, Tiger's the best OS on the planet, Nike is the greatest slave labor machine on earth, the 13-month life span of the iPod is exactly measured to the ancient Mayan number representing supreme enlightenment; the tinny noise you hear coming out of iPod-heads on the subway is just like the smell of napalm in the morning; and I can't wait for that stock-dating spreadsheet app to come out with Leopard.
Wow, your bar for a rant is pretty low, isn't it? Now I am capable of ranting, mind you (try this). But a post that begins with the words "Please forgive..." is not setting itself up as a rant. In fact, the its/it's error is common even among professional writers and a few editors I've known; so I prefer not to hammer too hard about it.
Please forgive the grammar lesson, but this is the third time I've seen this error this week. And geeks should understand me more than anyone: you work with languages and grammar of your own.
"abuse of it's developers"
Here's your rule of thumb, author:
1. it's = it is (it's a beautiful day to bash MS)
2. its = belonging to it (its brain had been washed by Ballmer)
3. IT's = ah,now that could be either "belonging to the IT dept." or "I(nformation)T(ech) is..."
So the correct spelling of the above would be "abuse of its developers..."
--Brian Donohue, dailyrevolution.net
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I'm sitting with the guy with the 3 furry tails on this one, and I'd be considered a mac fanboy by most. The MacBook is a kickass laptop, Tiger's the best OS on the planet, Nike is the greatest slave labor machine on earth, the 13-month life span of the iPod is exactly measured to the ancient Mayan number representing supreme enlightenment; the tinny noise you hear coming out of iPod-heads on the subway is just like the smell of napalm in the morning; and I can't wait for that stock-dating spreadsheet app to come out with Leopard.
Wow, your bar for a rant is pretty low, isn't it? Now I am capable of ranting, mind you (try this). But a post that begins with the words "Please forgive..." is not setting itself up as a rant. In fact, the its/it's error is common even among professional writers and a few editors I've known; so I prefer not to hammer too hard about it.
Please forgive the grammar lesson, but this is the third time I've seen this error this week. And geeks should understand me more than anyone: you work with languages and grammar of your own. "abuse of it's developers" Here's your rule of thumb, author: 1. it's = it is (it's a beautiful day to bash MS) 2. its = belonging to it (its brain had been washed by Ballmer) 3. IT's = ah,now that could be either "belonging to the IT dept." or "I(nformation)T(ech) is..." So the correct spelling of the above would be "abuse of its developers..." --Brian Donohue, dailyrevolution.net