"Preview of Cliffs of Dover

[Sternjaeger II]

" I have waxed lyrical about the beauty of the game, and it's potential"

its potential, not it's potential... grammar guys, grammar...

Fair article btw, uh, and where do I send my optician bill?

[Seeker]

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

" I have waxed lyrical about the beauty of the game, and it's potential"

its potential, not it's potential... grammar guys, grammar...

Fair article btw, uh, and where do I send my optician bill?

It's. The comma is a possessive, in English english, at least.

[SsSsSsSsSnake]

correct

[Art-J]

I'm not a native speaker, but I've always thought it's "its" (just like in yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs). So what's the difference between possessive "its" and possessive "it's"?

Cheers.

[TwistedAdonis]

Originally Posted by Art-J

I'm not a native speaker, but I've always thought it's "its" (just like in yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs). So what's the difference between possessive "its" and possessive "it's"?

Cheers.

Be aware of the its/it's trap. Use an apostrophe with the word "it" only when you want to indicate a contraction for "it is" or "it has." It is a pronoun, and pronouns have their own possessive form that does not use an apostrophe. For example, "That noise? It's just the dog eating its bone." This may seem confusing, but it follows the same pattern as other possessive pronouns: his, hers, its, yours, ours, theirs.

Sternjaeger II & Art-J get the points.

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by Seeker

It's. The comma is a possessive, in English english, at least.

nope, that's in "your" English man, not proper English
A lot of people do this mistake, like "your" instead of "you're", or the use of " 's" for plural.. yes, I'm quite the grammar Nazi..

The one that really makes me cringe though is "I should of known"...

[Chopa]

I might of guest some grammer nazi would get it's knickers in a twist over that one.

(Actually, the wife, who is a Seppie, did point out "it's" but I claimed "Droite d' Anglais".)

"What language do y'all speak ovar in England? You speak 'murrican, or what?"

@ Langnasen:

You are right, I barely mentioned the "Fly through the Rings" training session or the incredibly easy missions or campaign. I will cover them in the "Review" following a successful US launch. Frankly, I feel that the future of this game lies in online multiplayer, and the above are just speedbumps on the road to that. I know some players will obsess over the missions, cranking up the heat until they hit full realism, but to me that is a bit like playing with a blow-up doll when you should be hitting the clubs! Get online and shoot down real people!

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by Chopa

I might of guest some grammer nazi would get it's knickers in a twist over that one.

(Actually, the wife, who is a Seppie, did point out "it's" but I claimed "Droite d' Anglais".)

"What language do y'all speak ovar in England? You speak 'murrican, or what?"

@ Langnasen:

You are right, I barely mentioned the "Fly through the Rings" training session or the incredibly easy missions or campaign. I will cover them in the "Review" following a successful US launch. Frankly, I feel that the future of this game lies in online multiplayer, and the above are just speedbumps on the road to that. I know some players will obsess over the missions, cranking up the heat until they hit full realism, but to me that is a bit like playing with a blow-up doll when you should be hitting the clubs! Get online and shoot down real people!

sorry man, among my duties at work there's proofreading, so it's a kind of professional deformation but seriously, if you consider writing regularly, check your grammar, if anything do it because there are a lot of young people that might read the article and might take your typo for good.

[SsSsSsSsSnake]

Originally Posted by Chopa

I might of guest some grammer nazi would get it's knickers in a twist over that one.

(Actually, the wife, who is a Seppie, did point out "it's" but I claimed "Droite d' Anglais".)

"What language do y'all speak ovar in England? You speak 'murrican, or what?"

@ Langnasen:

You are right, I barely mentioned the "Fly through the Rings" training session or the incredibly easy missions or campaign. I will cover them in the "Review" following a successful US launch. Frankly, I feel that the future of this game lies in online multiplayer, and the above are just speedbumps on the road to that. I know some players will obsess over the missions, cranking up the heat until they hit full realism, but to me that is a bit like playing with a blow-up doll when you should be hitting the clubs! Get online and shoot down real people!

Guest??dont you mean Guessed

[TwistedAdonis]

Originally Posted by Chopa

I might of guest...

Cringe is too small a word...unless you were being provocative.
BTW I prefer being called grammar police to Nazis. I'm not of a mind to cleanse the world of those who don't know how to construct a pleasing sentence.