Words, words and more words....
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Re: Words, words and more words....
In school decades ago, I was taught "it's, its' and its"
it's = it is
"It's time for lunch."
its' = possession by neuter gender or nonperson
"The dog wags its' tail." "The crowd shouted its' approval."
its = belonging to a thing
"Its color is not important,"
Language has evolved so the 2nd usage has been dropped. Now it is simply 'it's = it is' and 'its = belonging to a thing.'
it's = it is
"It's time for lunch."
its' = possession by neuter gender or nonperson
"The dog wags its' tail." "The crowd shouted its' approval."
its = belonging to a thing
"Its color is not important,"
Language has evolved so the 2nd usage has been dropped. Now it is simply 'it's = it is' and 'its = belonging to a thing.'
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Re: Words, words and more words....
I am old enough that I remember spelling a word a particular way, "Hallowe'en". Now it is just "Halloween", but a part of me grumbles at it.
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Re: Words, words and more words....
I always have to look up the uses of some words, e.g. stationery/stationary; canvas/canvass; however, I always know the uses of dessert/desert for some strange reason.
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What is the difference between wether, weather, and whether?
Wether - a wether is a castrated ram (male sheep).
Weather - weather refers to the state of the atmosphere (e.g., temperature, wind, clouds, rain).
Whether - whether is a conjunction with a similar meaning to if (e.g., I wonder whether it will rain.)
Wether - a wether is a castrated ram (male sheep).
Weather - weather refers to the state of the atmosphere (e.g., temperature, wind, clouds, rain).
Whether - whether is a conjunction with a similar meaning to if (e.g., I wonder whether it will rain.)
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Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain.