Except that way . . . :-)
Chris
> On 3 Feb 2019, at 09:31, Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> 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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