Post #2737011
2026-05-16 00:24 UTC
Boy did I feel petty when visiting the graveyard with fellow mourners and had to explain why I involuntarily said "that's embarrassing" out loud on seeing "it's" where there should have been "its" on a neighbouring headstone…
#englishLanguage #grammar
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@lamnatos@mastodon.xyz 2026-05-16 07:07
@ellane@pkm.social That mistake, its for eternity
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@ReaderJohn@micro.blog 2026-05-16 11:41
@ellane@pkm.social I occasionally make that mistake when my fingers get flying over the keyboard, but I usually catch it. I venture that wasn’t a scrivener’s error; someone in the family approved it.