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Off topic: Try this grammar & spelling quiz Thread poster: James Heppe-Smith
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If you can separate it into two words, it needs an apostrophe:
It's time = It is time
I'm trying to think of a situation where you wouldn't need the apostrophe in this sentence, but I can't think of a realistic one.
"What's wrong with the clock?"
"Its time."
Kind of a stretch?
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Sheila Wilson 
Spain
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Peter Nicholson wrote:
I got through level 1 OK, but then I kept failing on the first question of level 2 - Its time - so I gave up. Can anyone who passed - selecting Its time as wrong - justify this answer?
As far as I remember, there's a full-stop (period) at the end of each one. I was looking hard for "Yes, but" responses, but I haven't found any so far. It seems to me to be very well designed.
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Peter Nicholson (X)
Poland
Local time: 20:46
Polish to English
Yes, the statement included a full stop:
Its time.
I am surprised that translators, faced with this statement and the choice of 'right' or 'wrong', should select 'wrong'.
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| I don't understand | Jul 30, 2013 |
It is wrong, though...?
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:46
Member (2008)
Italian to English
Ty Kendall wrote:
.....slightly annoying little ditty is stuck in my head....earworm alert....
Doctor: What seems to be the trouble?
Patient: It’s terrible! I’ve got a song in my head and it won’t stop!
Doctor: Hmm. What’s the song?
Patient: “The Green Green Grass of Home”.
Doctor: Oh. I see. Is that the only song going through your head?
Patient: Well as a matter of fact, there is another one....
Doctor: Hmm. What’s the other one?
Patient: It goes “My, my, my, Delilah”.
Doctor: Oh dear. You seem to have a very bad case of TJS.
Patient: TJS?
Doctor: Tom Jones Syndrome.
Patient: Tom Jones Syndrome! Is that a common disease?
Doctor: It’s not unusual.
[Edited at 2013-07-31 11:09 GMT]
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Gül Kaya
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:46
Turkish to English
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Tom in London wrote:
Patient: Tom Jones Syndrome! Is that a common disease?
Doctor: It’s not unusual.
That gave me a chuckle this morning.
I think this earworm business can be quite distressing for some people. There was a Radio 4 documentary a few months back on this. A woman has had the same tune in her head since the 1980s. If I remember correctly its was Nathan Jones by ...Bananarama maybe? During her wedding, the birth of her child. and it's still there. Now that's what I call unfortunate.
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Elena Volkova
United Kingdom
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| Passed through all levels! | Jul 31, 2013 |
A really fun test, thanks!
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Andrea Riffo
Chile
Local time: 14:46
English to Spanish
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Sheila Wilson wrote: Ty Kendall wrote: I wonder how natives fare, compared to non-natives  ...NO! NO! I'm kidding, I'm kidding....  Don't set them off again, Ty 
I did just fine until Level 7. Then I messed up and got stuck for a while.
(The plural possessive has always been one of my weakest spots in English, I need some to time to think it over)
Gül Kaya wrote:
I think this earworm business can be quite distressing for some people. There was a Radio 4 documentary a few months back on this. A woman has had the same tune in her head since the 1980s.
There's been some interesting writing on earworm; I particularly liked Oliver Sacks's Musicophilia, in case somebody's interested in the subject.
[Edited at 2013-07-31 15:53 GMT]
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:46
Member (2008)
Italian to English
| I got it all correct. | Jul 31, 2013 |
Peter Nicholson wrote:
I got through level 1 OK, but then I kept failing on the first question of level 2 - Its time - so I gave up. Can anyone who passed - selecting Its time as wrong - justify this answer?
"Its time" is wrong unless you're talking about the time of something. As in "In its time, inflatable furniture was believed to be cool".
Click on this:
http://www.apostrophe.org.uk
[Edited at 2013-07-31 16:05 GMT]
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Peter Nicholson (X)
Poland
Local time: 20:46
Polish to English
| You got one wrong | Jul 31, 2013 |
Its time.
Right or wrong?
Tom in London wrote:
"Its time" is wrong unless you're talking about the time of something. As in "In its time, inflatable furniture was believed to be cool".
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:46
Member (2008)
Italian to English
| It's time.... | Jul 31, 2013 |
Peter Nicholson wrote: Its time. Right or wrong? Tom in London wrote:
"Its time" is wrong unless you're talking about the time of something. As in "In its time, inflatable furniture was believed to be cool".
It's time I got on with something else.
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