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Grammar Mishaps: It's vs. Its and Your vs. You're

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In the 16th century the apostrophe was used solely as a means to omit letters. Apostrophe in Greek means "to turn away". In the 17th century it took on new meanings. (See my hub on the other common misuse of... published 2 years ago

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Grammar Mishaps: There, Their and They're

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There, their and they're are homonyms. Homonyms are two or more words that sound alike but have different meanings. Some examples are: write and right, dew and do, your and you're, and there, their, and... published 2 years ago

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