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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Mystery Car - Piers
From: Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2019 09:31:41 +0000
Yup, that's the way it is.

On Sun, 3 Feb 2019 at 09:24, Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I can’t envisage any use of “it is” (or “it’s”) at the end of a sentence,
> Philippe, except perhaps colloquially or in older forms of the language.
> But the rule is that the possessive pronoun has no apostrophe, whereas the
> contraction of the phrase “it is” does.
>
> Chris
>
> > On 2 Feb 2019, at 14:52, Philippe <photo.philippe.amard@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Help a poor non-native. I had learned that no contractraction such as "
> it’s «  for "it is" should be used (and is actually ever heard) at the end
> of a sentence.
> >
> > Are trends changing?
>
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