• Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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    Your first it’s is correct. It is Latin.

    Your second it’s should be its. The definition belongs to the word. But to be fair, I typed it correctly, and then just now had to go back and fix the autoincorrection. So that probably happened to you as well.

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        Or sometimes we taught elementary school for too long. It’s only worth doing when the rest of the post is correct and erudite, when an error creates confusion, or when I have a helpful mnemonic to offer. No shaming, especially English learners. Sadly, no OCD excuse for me. Undiagnosed ADD, probably.

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            There’d be no shame in being OCD anyway. And I do realize it’s pedantic to point out spelling/grammar errors in such an informal setting. But maybe someone will use the correct “pallet” or “its” or “defuse” on a job application or some other important document because they remembered a correction they saw here.

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        I’ve read that many people with actual OCD don’t appreciate the condition being bandied about as a catch all for others having hangups over trivial things.