World's Oldest (Sort Of) Newspaper Goes Internet-Only
from the take-that,-paper dept
While it's officially the world's oldest newspaper, Sweden's Post och Inrikes Tidningar apparently hasn't published much actual "news" reporting for the last century or so. Founded in 1645, the paper is "the official news organ of the government," but these days is mostly used for "announcements from publicly listed companies." That basically makes it sound like a glorified press release service. Either way, it's decided to give up paper and will now go internet-only -- a move that plenty of other papers will probably follow over time, though few will take the same 362 years that PoIT did.
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it's is NOT a conjunction for it has
FIRST
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These are some conjunctions:
and, but, or, nor, for, yet, so, although, because, since, unless
First correct post.
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Conjunction Junction, what IS your function?
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"It's" IS a contraction for either "it is" or "it has".
"Its" (without apostrophe) means the possessive of “it”.
I agree with #2.
Source:
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/it's
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Geeks and grammar - ne'er the twain...
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Re: Geeks and grammar - ne'er the twain...
He stated:
"It's is NOT a conjunction for it has"
which he is Correct in that it is not a conjunction, it's a contraction for "It Has".
Isn't this like when the teacher would yell at you in school with "Ain't AIN'T a word!" ?
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An amazing thread derail
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Doesn't anyone get tired of staring at a computer screen all day? I know I do.
I enjoy those weekend mornings just sitting around reading the paper and eating breakfast sitting on the porch and relaxing. It's just doesn't compare.
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News
As news is supposed to be recent, getting your news a day late is only barely acceptable, and that's only because it's been the standard for hundreds of years. The internet provides an instant method for communicating "news," and therefore is a more efficient and expedient way to distribute it. As more and more people either get access to the internet (or die?), the percentage of internet users to non-internet users is increasing on a daily basis. This is only a natural evolution of a very old industry...
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Funny how things work
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Not
Newspapers do have local news and sports that TV or the Internet doesn't. This is their "bread and butter" and they better learn it. News feeds of world and national news isn't even worth the cost of the paper it's written on. I for one don't even look at those in the local newspaper because I have already read it on the Internet. On the other hand, local papers are the only place to get local k-12 stories, local sport news, and information about your home town (the space you actually spend most of your time). Also local governments are usually only covered in the local paper unless something major goes wrong.
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Re: Geeks and grammar - ne'er the twain...
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With the demise of the English language at hand from things like ebonics, spanglish, techno-speak and who knows what, do you really think that this silly issue is so important that you need to waste even a fraction of your small brains on it?
You people need to get a life...
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Post och Inrikes Tidningar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-och_Inrikes_Tidningar
As such it's hardly a newspaper anymore, more a gazette like the Federal Register.
The interesting part is that the Swedish Academy got a lot of their income from its sale. I know they were against it going online, but I think they'll manage somehow.
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If nothing else, "it's" for "it has" is extremely common in usage... and the whole point of contractions is to represent how people speak, rather than something grammatical.
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