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"who's" = "who is"

"whose" = The possessive form of "who" (or "which", says AHD4)

I've seen so many intelligent people make this mistake TODAY that it's (not "its", notice) driving me bugfuck.

Date: 2005-11-22 12:57 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] avram
I’ve stopped caring. There are so many important things in the world to be angry over, why should I waste good anger on the misuse of arbitrary and poorly designed writing and grammatical constructs?

Date: 2005-11-22 03:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jbsegal.livejournal.com
I find "people getting stupider" to be something worth getting mad about.

Date: 2005-11-22 03:27 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] avram
I might, if I thought being able to keep track of such things was actually a sign of intelligence.

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