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The Duff CEO with a Windows-Logo on his forehead: "Gamers use Windows because of its' user experience not our de facto monopoly."

Next Image: Duff CEO with Windows-Logo in front of a "Out of Business" sign. Subtitle: "30 minutes after SteamOS is released"

Edit: Yo, I'm not saying this is gonna happen. I just want to say that Windew's UX sucks ass.

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[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 6 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

What kind of apostrophe use is

its'

?!

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 1 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

That's how I learned to use the posessive pronoun of "it".

[–] emptiestplace@lemmy.ml 1 points 12 hours ago

"it's" always means either "it is" or "it has".

"its" implies possession.

In general, apostrophe is used for:

  1. Contractions (don't, won't, she's)
  2. Possession (John's book, the dog's bone)
  3. Plural possession (dogs' bones, teachers' lounge)

Never use apostrophes for regular plurals ~~(he has so many pencil's)~~

[–] frezik@midwest.social 4 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Unfortunately, the rules for apostrophes in English are made up for each individual word. Lots of native speakers get it wrong, and I don't know how non-native speakers could possibly keep it all straight.

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] frezik@midwest.social 8 points 18 hours ago

Yes. It should be "its".

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 7 points 21 hours ago

That I believe is only for plurals, such as:

(one) cat's paw vs (multiple) cats' paws

It, however, is not a plural, otherwise it would be "they". Though I must admit I've probably made the same mistake myself.

[–] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 4 points 20 hours ago

Possessive it is "its"

It's = it is

English s weird

Great meme though!