You have probably seen an earlier parody of this. But I have to take it out.
ONE MORE TIME I SEE "IT'S" AND "ITS" BEING USED INTERCHANGEABLY I AM GONNA HUNT DOWN THE PERSON AND WHACK THEM ACROSS THEIR HEAD WITH MY CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY.
It's--Abbreviation for 'it is'
Its-- Possesive of 'it'. The animal licked its paw. Not it's paw. The animal isn't a paw, thank you.
And PLEASE, I beg you, if you don't know the proper romanji of something you want to write, e.g. senpai, do NOT try to act smart alec and write it in your fanfiction.
FOR GOODNESS SAKE IT IS SPELT 'SENPAI' AND NOT 'SEMPAI' OR EVEN WORSE, 'SEMPI'! I know sounds the same(in english) but whenever I see such spellings, I am filled with the tendency to want to whack the person on the head with my elementary Japanese textbook.
i.e., and e.g, PLEASE don't use them interchangeably.
I.E. --In other words
e.g. --for example
HOW OLD ARE YOU, SIX?! YOU CAN'T EVEN TELL THE DIFFERENCE?!
Punctuation
In possessives, the placement of the apostrophe depends on whether the noun that shows possession is singular or plural. Generally, if the noun is singular, the apostrophe goes before the s. The
witch's broom. If the noun is plural, the apostrophe goes after the s: The
witches' brooms. However, if the word is pluralized without an s, the apostrophe comes before the s: He entered the men's room with an armload of children's clothing.
FOR GOD'S SAKE GO AND REVISE YOUR ELEMENTARY ENGLISH TEXTBOOKS AND STOP FALLING ASLEEP IN ENGLISH CLASS!
P.S. Regarding vocab. Aural and oral; quiet, quit and quite, these are the most common. Aural is pertaining to listening or the ear, while oral refers to using your mouth to talk. Verbal and oral are different too.
