https://n2v.paloaltoonline.com/square/print/2006/07/17/its-not-its-its-its


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It's not "it's" it's "its."

Original post made by John, Barron Park, on Jul 17, 2006

The Opinion Page copy editor doesn't seem to know the difference.

Comments

Posted by which story?
a resident of Midtown
on Jul 17, 2006 at 12:33 pm

which story?


Posted by John
a resident of Barron Park
on Jul 17, 2006 at 12:53 pm

Page 8. The main headline at the top of the page. "It's" is a conjunction for "it is."


Posted by John
a resident of Barron Park
on Jul 17, 2006 at 12:59 pm

I neglected to mention that I was referring to today's Daily News.


Posted by Izzy
a resident of another community
on Jul 17, 2006 at 1:05 pm

Well, that makes sense... I looked through the Palo Alto Weekly and couldn't find this mistake. Figured it must have been the Daily.


Posted by Frequent Reader
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Jul 18, 2006 at 11:03 am

I don't think the Daily News has a copy editor. There are so many mistakes in that paper that it is ridiculous. They don't seem to fact-check basic things like names.

I remember a recent article about one of the All-Star teams in which a kid named Kirby Gee was called Randy Lee. Another player, Owen Lewis, was called Owen Wilson. They spelled another kid's name wrong twice in the same article. Really sloppy.