Important notice from the GRAMMAR POLICE. Plz read. This means you.
Stitches:
Quote from: soozelwoozel on 2009 July 22, 22:19:33
Generally, we get frowned upon for handing in anything that's not Times New Roman. A few of the profs might let an Ariel or two slip by, but they tend to be the zanier ones, teaching Twentieth Century Dramatic Lesbianism or what not.
My college's literature department is officially pro-Ariel. All coursework must be done in Ariel. However, the history department has a serif fetish. Most of the professors require Times New Roman. A few of them require Courier. Apparently, it's tradition.
jolrei:
Quote from: Stitches on 2009 July 23, 18:56:25
Quote from: soozelwoozel on 2009 July 22, 22:19:33
Generally, we get frowned upon for handing in anything that's not Times New Roman. A few of the profs might let an Ariel or two slip by, but they tend to be the zanier ones, teaching Twentieth Century Dramatic Lesbianism or what not.
My college's literature department is officially pro-Ariel. All coursework must be done in Ariel. However, the history department has a serif fetish. Most of the professors require Times New Roman. A few of them require Courier. Apparently, it's tradition.
In that case, for the sake of tradition, they should insist on a real typewriter font, non-proportional, that emulates the fuzzy edges of letters you'd get from worn hammers and old ribbon. That's tradition.
Midwing:
Being as I know I can rely on the highly-refined grammar knowledge presented in this here forum, I was hoping that somebody may be able to shed some light on correct apostrophe use before I slip up and make a royal tit of myself. (Granted, it's possible that I have done so already unbeknownst to me. I do try, but I'm equally as eager to learn.)
I was taught consistently throughout high school that "it's" is apostrophised only when used as a conjunction of the phrase "it is". Similarly I was taught that possession is indicated by use of an apostrophe: the man's telephone, the animal's cage. When "it" is used as a personal pronoun - "the dog and its bone" - I am completely lost. It seems the ranks are divided completely evenly and only one can be correct. Does its always take an apostrophe afterwards? Its'? I've not seen that before. I was told that apostrophe use is determined by whether the subject is referred to in the sentence already but I'm no linguistic expert.
Having seen people correct its as its' within the forum when various other websites contradict this usage, I'm now even more confused than I was previously.
Georgette:
As far as I'm aware, the apostrophe is only necessary when it's a contraction of it is, and using it in any other context is wrong. The grammar police will obviously know for sure though.
Edit: corrected typo
Roflganger:
Ranks are not divided - there is only one correct answer. Possessive form of it = its. Nothing else.
ETA: "It's" is a contraction, not a conjunction.
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