Error with Grammar Check - Its vs. It's

[grammar police]

Sometimes "its" is actually a contraction and requires an apostrophe. "It
is" and "it has" can be contracted to be "it's". Grammar check always
underlines every instance of it's even when it is being used as a
contraction, correctly. It makes me crazy, and is teaching young kids
incorrect grammar.

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[Earle Horton]

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Earle

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[Thierry Fontenelle [MSFT]]

Hello,

If you see that the grammar checker always flags “it’sâ€, it is probably
because the setting that triggers this rule is on (many users want
contractions to be flagged). You can customize the grammar checker and
prevent this rule from firing if you find it useless. To do so, in Office
2007, go to the Word Options (via the Office button in the top-left corner).
Click on Proofing, then on Settings in the section “When correcting spelling
and grammar in Wordâ€. You will then see the list of grammar rules used by the
English grammar checker. You just need to uncheck the 2nd rule
(Contractions), in the “Style†section. The green squiggle will no longer
appear under “it’sâ€.

Note that the contextual speller in Office 2007 flags erroneous uses of
“it’s†(as in “the machine will reboot on it’s ownâ€, where a blue squiggly
line appears under “it’s†and “its†is suggested).
See
http://blogs.msdn.com/naturallanguage/archive/tags/contextual+speller/default.aspx for more information about this contextual speller.

I hope this will help.

Best wishes,

Thierry Fontenelle [MSFT]
Microsoft Natural Language Group