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Oct 9, 2007 | 11:06 AM

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gosixers215

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Originally Posted by magician,Oct 9 2007, 02:45 PM

It's not "its"; it's "it's".

So "its" is the possessive and "it's" is the contraction of "it is"? Please settle this for me once and for all.

Oct 9, 2007 | 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by gosixers215,Oct 9 2007, 11:06 AM

So "its" is the possessive and "it's" is the contraction of "it is"?

Yup.

("It's" is also a contraction for "it has".)

Oct 9, 2007 | 11:12 AM

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[QUOTE=S2020,Oct 9 2007, 11:03 AM]doh!

Oct 9, 2007 | 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by magician,Oct 9 2007, 03:11 PM

Yup.

("It's" is also a contraction for "it has".)

Oct 9, 2007 | 11:19 AM

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Wow, this many grammar nerds, and no answers yet.

Maybe there isn't a word for what I'm looking to describe.

Oct 9, 2007 | 11:22 AM

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it's called being lazy

Oct 9, 2007 | 11:23 AM

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So you're trying to find a term that applies to people who are particularly verbose when it come to the word "or"?

How about "Or"aphile?

Oct 9, 2007 | 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by bigygf,Oct 9 2007, 01:20 PM

if you kept saying or or or or or or or then it would be stuttering

Oct 9, 2007 | 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by gosixers215,Oct 9 2007, 11:23 AM

So you're trying to find a term that applies to people who are particularly verbose when it come to the word "or"?

How about "Or"aphile?

Basically, when a person always offers alternatives in their writing. "Or" just happens to be the coordinating conjunction they are using. I'm focusing more on the idea that they always use contradictions and alternatives in their writing.

Oct 9, 2007 | 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Amit,Oct 9 2007, 04:11 PM

Indecisive?

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