Temeraire wrote:
cathylynn wrote:
Temeraire wrote:
I have finally worked out that I have been using the word 'it's' as a possessive it.
It's only taken me about 40 years to realise this.
I will start to use 'its' properly now.

my mom made that mistake in an essay on hummingbirds in secondary school. it cost her her A+. she never made that mistake again and kept me from making it.
So she passed on her hard earned lesson to make sure you didn't suffer the same fate - good old mother.
I wonder what other things she taught you?

many, many things, but notably, "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all," and "Troublesome people are often people in trouble."