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by dumpsterdiver 1533 days ago
Non-standard doesn't mean improper. It's still valid English. Just because some people are too lazy to type or comprehend an apostrophe in the word "it's" to signify "it is" doesn't mean that the rest of us have to follow their lazy example.
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In which case, it's still wrong in the title. Just because people are too lazy to scroll up and read the erroneous title doesn't mean nit picking pedantry makes them correct.
I just scrolled back up to the title and realized that my argument is totally wrong. They weren't trying to say "it is". I was wrong.
Get in the corner!
The problem isn't the use of "it's" to mean "it is". The problem is the use of "it's" to mean "its", a different word with a different meaning.
Yeah, I took up a cause that I was passionate about a little too quickly there, and realized that I was fighting for the wrong "it's". It's past my bedtime here...