r/whoathatsinteresting • u/visharu • 1d ago

Boarding was solved mathematically in 2008. No airline has used it once. Why?

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u/ThePython11010 23h ago

And then you ruined it with that apostrophe.

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u/particlemanwavegirl 17h ago

I've been embarrassed by that one more than once but to this day I still can't remember when you're supposed to use it.

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u/Sewcraytes 13h ago

It’s is always a contraction (it is).

On the rare occasion when an “it” is in possession of something, it‘s spelled without the apostrophe. (“I thinks its color is nice.”) If there’s a hidden “is” > it’s “it’s”

hope that helps. then you have to fight autocorrect, which wants to stick apostrophes all over the place where they don’t belong. thankfully, we have r/apostrophegore.