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Old 11-01-2024, 08:12 PM   #696 (permalink)
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Offense is on who[m?] ever takes it. The first choice is fragmentary, the second ambiguous (is/are). maybe deserves it's own apostrophe, I dunno.
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https://www.merriam-webster.com › grammar › when-to-use-its-vs-its
It's vs. Its: Correct Usage - Merriam-Webster
What to Know. It's is a contraction and should be used where a sentence would normally read "it is" or "it has." The apostrophe indicates that part of a word has been removed. Its with no apostrophe, on the other hand, is the possessive word, like "his" and "her," for nouns without gender.
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