Re: [PATCH] md: fix spelling of "its"

[Wol]

On 02/01/2022 00:06, Song Liu wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 25, 2021 at 6:24 PM Randy Dunlap<rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> > Use the possessive "its" instead of the contraction "it's"
> > in printed messages.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap<rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Song Liu<song@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc:linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Applied to md-next.
>
> Thanks!
For the benefit of non-native English speakers, the possessive ending is 
NOT " 's ". In practice it usually does tend to be, though.

The regular historic possessive ending is -es. An apostrophe replaces 
elided letters - and for whatever reason in modern English that "e" is 
almost always elided, hence " 's " :-)

(Which is why the possessive plural ending is usually a trailing 
apostrophe. The possessive of (plural) cats was "catses", now 
abbreviated to " cats' ".)

However, with the word "it", the irregular possessive form is "its", and 
when you see " it's ", it's actually a contraction of " it is ", the "i" 
has been elided and replaced by the apostrophe.

I remember seeing a big sign outside a shop where they proudly announced 
they had been granted a "Certificate of Excellence". And in about 20 
words, they had the word "its" six times. Spelt wrong EVERY SINGLE TIME :-)

Cheers,
Wol