Grail Knight
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Re: Good Response
First error I see is the use of “It's”, there is no ownership in this instance so “It is” would be used.
Can't should be "cannot".
Silly grammar nitpicking yet it was pointed out for the Vendor's lawyer showing we all make mistakes. 
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tapeloop
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| said by Grail Knight  :First error I see is the use of “It's”, there is no ownership in this instance so “It is” would be used. Can't should be "cannot". Silly grammar nitpicking yet it was pointed out for the Vendor's lawyer showing we all make mistakes. Um...you do know that "it's" is a contraction of "it is" right? So the 2 can be used interchangeably.
»www.cgl.uwaterloo.ca/~csk/its.html
»www.stormloader.com/garyes/its/#top
»www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/its.html
Use of "can't" is a preference. While grammatically correct, one should avoid the use of contractions in formal correspondence. I don't think internet message boards qualify. 
Appropriate that you would choose "it's" to nitpick, considering that you seem to be a Python fan.  |
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pc319
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I thought that the word "it's" is another way to say "It is". That is what the apostrophe is for.
I think the word you are thinking of is "its" signifies ownership.
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Grail Knight
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The Knights who say "Ni--!".
Of course my ref. to grammar was in jest to those that would pick others apart. Granted a lawyer should have proof read his work.
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tapeloop
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| Heh. So by criticizing your post satirizing people who criticize grammar, I created a sort of recursive irony.
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Grail Knight
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