Add special warning about the misuse of it's

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mlncn 2021-03-08 20:21:08 -05:00
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@ -367,6 +367,10 @@ The doughnut thief ate Sams doughnut.
The doughnut thief ate Chriss doughnut.
The doughnut thief ate the managers doughnuts.
```{note}
Note the exception to this rule: the word **it**, which does not use an apostrophe for its possessive, for example: "Our competitor had all its clients' websites hacked." Agaric avoids contractions so we do not ever use **it's** but rather **it is**.
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Apostrophes can also be used to denote that you have dropped some letters from a word, usually to match spoken language— an unofficial contraction. This is fine when quoting or paraphrasing and giving the feel of a statement is important, but do it sparingly.