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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Mystery Car - Piers
From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2019 09:26:19 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
     It is what it is.  

     Or: It's what it is.

     But not: It's what it's.

>
>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.
>
>> 
>> 
>> 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?
>


Chris

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro 
     - Hunter S. Thompson
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