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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

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Please put at least one word relevant to the post in the post title.
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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nah its/it's actually trips me up a lot because 'its' is an exception to the possessive apostrophe rule. What really gets me is seeing someone use a possessive apostrophe on a plural s. That is inexcusable.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But what about “its” that does show possession? Do you use an apostrophe there?

Example: a dog and its(?) tail.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No, I'm fairly certain you would not use an apostrophe there. That's what trips me up though because, at least in my mind, 'it' takes the place of the possessive noun in that clause and therefore it should have an apostrophe. but god forbid the spelling remain consistent between the two 🙄

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

That’s what I was thinking too; that ‘it’ is clearly referencing the dog and is therefore possessive. English is so weird lol