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Originally Posted by Los Feliz Slim
We should definately talk about spelling errors as well.
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Originally Posted by Brocktoon
I could care less about anything in this thread.
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Originally Posted by GoldenBears
Irregardless of what you say I could care less what all you nits think about my spelling and grammar anyways.
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Originally Posted by catalyst
You mind as well start a thread on spelling the word definately. Garenteed to please.
Honestly Private Joker I could care less about this thread.
Good to know so many of you are jumping on the "could/couldn't care less" and the "definitely/definately" train. "Mine/mind/might as well" is another good one, catalyst.
Dom --
Quick lesson: when something is possessive and uses the apostrophe + s, then think of the item belonging to whatever is before the apostrophe. So if it's John's car, that means it's the car that belongs to John. If the car belongs to John's mother and his father, then it's his parents' car. The apostrophe is after the 's' because the car belongs to both his parents, not just one parent.
Other examples: "The public's decision" "the voters' rights" and "this particular voter's ballot was lost"
As for the its/it's thing, think of it as a category in itself.
"It's" is only used as a contraction meaning "it is."
"Its" is only and always used as possessive. "It's a good movie, but its script is cliched in spots."