atw: Re: It's Vs It is


Stuart Burnfield:
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 13:52:48 +0800,  you are alleged to have 
written:
>
>
> Peter Martin let slip:
>> 6. Go with the flow and rhythm of the spoken
>> language wherever you can.
>>
>> The biggest problem most people will have with
>> "it's" will be the wonder about why the apostrophe
>> is there....
>>
>
> Translation is sometimes given as a reason to avoid
> contractions (few common languages have a direct
> equivalent; people new to English are confused by it).
> This has never made sense to me. A translator who is
> stumped by "it's" or "don't" isn't someone I want to
> let loose on my user guide. There are a thousand
> things that are likely to trouble them more.

C'est vrai.




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