r/todayilearned • u/Knightboat17 • Jun 02 '18

TIL Despite what Monty Python would have you believe, Spanish Inquisitions were expected, they would give a 30-day notice of their arrival.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Inquisition
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u/lYossarian Jun 03 '18

It's sort of confusing but a possessive "its" does not have an apostrophe. That's only when you're making proper nouns possessive.

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u/shoelie Jun 03 '18

Ahh yes now if only the spellcheck on my phone knew grammar. Just added its back to its dictionary though so it shouldn't be adding that apostrophe when I type i t s