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Thursday, 30 April 2020

Apostrophe catastrophe: a rant.

This headline from the Telegraph newspaper online 23/04/2020:

Minister admits its 'dreadful' care workers are not tested for coronavirus.

Well, it just goes to show that punctuation does matter, doesn't it?

It's. 

Not its. 

It's!

Word To Use Correctly Today: it's. This word is short for it is or it has.

If it means anything else, it's its.

Duh...


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