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Sure, you know there's no such word as its' and that "it's" always means "it is" -- it's not possessive. But not everyone gets that, or knows how to use other "confusing" words in English. This site helps you differentiate effect from affect, who from whom, biannual from biennial, and clarifies more than 3,000 other words. It's grate! Er, great.
From This is True for 3 September 2006
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