At 10:04 AM 9/11/96 +1000, you wrote:

(Though it is 'it's' not 'its' ... If it was 'its laugh' it would be like
saying 'Jimbos laugh' when you should use 'Jimbo's laugh'...)

HUH??  I think you're wrong...  but I can't understand you to be sure.

"it's" is the contraction of "it is"

"its" is the possesive of "it"

It's raining.

Its metallic arm held a mallet to thwap anyone using improper grammer.

The second person's commentary is correct.

Let's repeat!

"It's" is a contraction of "it is" and should be used as "It's all the same
to me"

Its is the possesive of "it" and should be used "Its tail was wagging."

I know this isn't consistant with the Jimbo's/Jimbos' way of doing things,
but, alas, much of the English language is royally screwed...

^^

misachan
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