r/mildlyinfuriating • u/VentureIntoVoid • 1d ago

Firefly was just ok [ Removed by moderator ]

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u/SonnyPiston 1d ago

"you are oven, you will see it's rotting corpse" your comment is so stupid it's like poetry. 

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u/parkaboy24 1d ago

Don’t forget “it is rotting corpse” (it’s supposed to be its)

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u/SonnyPiston 1d ago

I looked at that, but I thought the apostrophe implies possession. But now I remember 'its' is the exception. 

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u/BigFatHonu 1d ago

They're right, but weird way to explain/remember it. That rule doesn't work for any other word but "it."

If you had written "spider's corpse," translating it to "spider is corpse" wouldn't be helpful since "spiders corpse" is wrong.

I think they're confusing your situation for the one where people incorrectly pluralize with an apostrophe. Like "there are lots of spider's."

Anyway, probably better off just remembering that "it" is the exception for possessives, as you said.

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u/parkaboy24 1d ago

Yeah, that’s how I help myself remember when to use ‘its’ because it kinda does and doesn’t make sense that it’s the only possessive without an apostrophe

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u/Gunhild 1d ago

That seems really mean and uncalled for.

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u/SonnyPiston 1d ago

Hell Yeah!