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esushi t1_jeexr2n wrote

Reply to comment by bill_pgh in Manhole on Pitt campus installed between 1891 and 1911, when there was no 'H' in Pittsburgh by zan_yams

if your autocorrect changed it to "its", it was actually correct :) you meant "change its name".

It's is only a contraction for "it is" or "it has", no other meaning. Just like we don't say "her's" even though that can be what hers means

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bill_pgh t1_jef0xzy wrote

Nope. Other way round! Like it always does goddamn it. Somtimes it reverts back, sometimes it doesn't. See also "we're" (though in that case it reverts back more often after initially guessing I wanted we're when I really wanted "were".

It's dumber than you and Ime.

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esushi t1_jef7emf wrote

so you just put a * but didn't actually make the correction? haha. I'm used to the * showing a correction!

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bill_pgh t1_jef85no wrote

yep, that's how i roll

that and the animal print pants out of control

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