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It's helpful individuals such as you that provide the reason this forum was made, not to mention its continued success.
“not to mention its continued success” = “not to mention the role individuals’ success”.
Is this right?
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This is the collective pronoun "its", which is different from "it's" (or it is). |
Hi, Koir. Thanks!!
I didn’t know “its” is a collective pronoun, or what “a collective pronoun” was.
I didn’t know “its” is different from “it’s”.
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"Its" is a word used in this context to refer to an object that is not a person (JapanForum),
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Does this mean “its” can’t mean A person? Do you mean “its” means people?
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and functions as a subject for "continued success" to refer to without restating the subject by name a second time.
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Sorry, I don’t know what the subject for “continued success”.
This is what I want to know.
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This is a very easy mistake to make, even for native English speakers.
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Do you mean that some native English speakers confound “it’s” with “its”?
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You mean “not to mention that we are doing very well in this forum”, don’t you?
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Essentially, yes. At least in this thread, which is a very welcome part of the forum that keeps me interested and challenged.
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So, the subject for “continue success” is “people in this forum”?
Koir, I’m sorry. I’m slow in comprehension.
Thank you for the very kind answers about "...X, much less Y.", "...X, let alone Y." and "...X, to say nothing of Y."