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Expector's Blog Challenge: It's and its

 

It's not so difficult to really learn how to distinguish between it's and its. It's just an issue of paying attention and remember a few pieces of information about "it's" and "its".

Let me tell you first a bit about it's. "It's" is a contraction between the neutral second person singular personal pronoun "it" along with the verb "to be" conjugated in the third person singular (he, she, it - is). You use "it's" when reffering to a sentence subject, that is, you just use "it's" as  a neutral subj

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I'm happy to write to you again .

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As you know that I'm proud to be Egyptian let's talk about my country Egypt  

last time I talked  about tourism in Egypt  and this time I'll  talk about education in Egypt.

In ancient Egypt the child’s world was not as clearly separated from the adult’s as it tends to be in modern Western society. As the years went by, childish pastimes would give way to imitations of grown-up behavior.

The public education system in Egypt consists of three levels:

primary

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Pleasant dreams!

It's been almost thirteen months that Clyde's wife'd left him. He was sitting on the couch being miserable and all. He felt that the walls were getting closer and closer and that dingy apartment was going to eat him alive any second. He decided to go out for a walk. After walking for two hours, he realized he's standing in front of Bonnie's house; his friend from high school. ''Should I knock? It's been ages since we've seen each other. Talk 'bout awkward'', thought Clyde. "The hell with it. Wha

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Expector's writing challenge ( its/ it's)

First wanted to say it's really a good topic to write about. And, believe me I learned the difference between its and it's not many days ago! So, I know why and how it's important to non- native speakers!So, I must say it's a good idea of our popular blog moderator.

Some of you may notice, now a days I am not that much regular in writing blogs. Though I am missing this place but just can't. So, by this blog I want to get back!

How was I? Not bad though I had to pass through a tough time. But now i

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A Fault Finder

A fault finder is a person who leads his life in troubles and takes the blessing and helps be sent to him for granted. There is a famous quote, "do good and have good", but it doesn't apply to the fault finder. With him how much you are kind and polite, he, at the end, will put you in hot water. Let me enunciate it by sharing a fairly-tale.Once upon a time, there was a wounded loin lying under a tree. A goat happened to pass by him. When the goat saw the loin breathing convulsively due to severe
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How are you ?

How are you my friends ? I missed  you very much . I'm very sorry . I was very busy  . forgive me please . I'm sure you 'll remember me and then you  'll forgive me . I hope that you are all fine and in a2347308630?profile=original good health .  

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We Get What We Deserve

Once a man cooked a very delicious Biryani.  But he didn’t invite his next door neighbor to the dinner neither he sent a plate to him.    The Biryani was really very tasty its fragrance was reaching to the neighbor and he wished that his neighbor would have invited him or at least send a plate of Biryani for him.  Next day he tried to ashamed the neighbor and said to him that last night his Biryani was very tasty and he enjoyed the it.  The neighbor got surprised and asked how come he enjoyed th

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Retirement

Whenever I hear about the retirement of anyone, especially familiar ones, my heart is drowned in the deep sea of melancholy. It reminds me of the end of life and convinces me that everything has an end. Even when I was queued up for the enrollment in a university for master (grade 16), I, at once, called back to the first day in my school. It was the beginning of my educational career and I was too young to walk to school alone.Similarly, the promotion which is generally assumed a sign of succes
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The Power of Words:

The Power of Words

It is still a mystery that how men kind initiated invention of words or sounds of words.  May be the men somehow came to know certain sounds to communicate their feelings, actions and emotions thereby later on the initial letters came into being which could be combined to represent those sounds.  The sounds whether spoken or written in combination of letters are ‘words’.

A word is, then a simple sound or a written sign of a sound, which men of any particular nation have agreed s

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Expector's blog challenge: Its x It's

It's nice feeling to be back to EC and see all these "old, crazy faces" around :D To realize this place has still its special atmosphere and lives its own life, no matter if it's with or without me. Heart of EC is beating and its pulse is time to time high, which is always exciting. In fact, it's cool to watch its members exchanging opinions or fighting...but then ...after some time..it slows down, turns back to normal and breathe again slowly, sometimes it's too slow that people might consider
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The Day Of Realization

Today, I am totally broken. It seems as if I am fallen down from the skyscraper. Every by-passer noticed shivering legs gradually moving to the mosque and tears rolled down eyes. The people on the way began guessing as per their own capacity of imaginations. Some guessed that my beloved had cheated me and some guessed that I had committed unforgivable sin and asking Allah for repentance. But nobody guessed what actually had happened with me.Making ablution, I stood before Allah the Almighty in s
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Eid Mabruk

Today is Eidul Aladha. It's a great day for the Muslim people, its fasting atones one year in advance and the previous year. It's a big feast full of its sacrifices. The hajji  slaughter his animal as a sacrifice for Allah. it's indeed a great closeness to God. Its closeness can be seen from the joy on the faces of both the pilgrims and the people who are staying at home. Eidul Adha is a great opportunity for those who have some enmity or hate to one another to come and make reconcilia

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Day Three

As we mentioned before, before the sunset of the second day of hajj, Allah, The Almighty would forgive everyone on plain Arafat. It's a great day for Muslims. Satan is never seen smaller than on this day. We are fasting today. According to hadith, fasting of Arafa day atones one year before and the next year. I hope Allah will accept our fasting. Before sunset, pilgrims must leave plain Arafah back to Minna. They must pass plain Muzdalifa and spend the night there. On their faithful journey, the

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Let me invite you to Croatia :-)

Hi guys,

here I am with my controversial blog about … Croatia :-D I am sure Evangelina will be happy about it! ;-) So my question is: "Have you ever heard of Croatia? No?" Ohhhhh… so let me little bit introduce you this Mediterranean (blee.. terrible word!) country, since I spent there incredible holidays with my family. Wait, wait… I hope you are not searching it now.. ehmm.. somewhere in Asia or Africa! If yes.. then you better don't read more! :-D Croatia is situated in the southern Europe and

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SHARE A FUNNY WORD!

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Aloha lovely EC people!

I've been reading the blog of one of our most dearest and loveliest EC members (dearest and loveliest? Oh yeah, I meant Evangelina! ofc!)  I don't want her to feel 'sad' because EC it's like very quiet lately...

So let's make some noise!! Weeeee!!!! ^_^

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Okay, okay! But don't get out of control!!! Let's party with a topic! 

Well all love words, right? So, for keeping the good vibes I want you to tell me a word that you find very funny in your language! (but it can be an englis

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What’s your expectations at the Funeral & at the Wedding?

If you happen to attend for a Funeral, don’t expect any comfort from them because in this hour of grief, they needed you to be a part of them. Do not be a burden to them.

But if you are invited for a Wedding, Be there and have your own comfort as they really needed you to enjoy and to be a witness of this special day.

This is truly my own thoughts. You may agree or may not.

Constructive criticism is always Appreciated!

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Life in IRAN

Hello,

I'm trying to show normal life of iranian people in this short video.

In this video, you will watch Tabiat bridge, Valiasr street, Azadi street, Taleghani Park, normal iranian people, daily life in iran and etc.
people in IRAN, usually spend nights at parks, walking and enjoying the fresh air.

https://youtu.be/G7g54tpezyo

The Nature Bridge or Tabiat Bridge is the largest pedestrian overpass built in Tehran, Iran. The 270-metre bridge connects two public parks—Taleghani Park and Abo-Atash Park—

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Day two (Arafah)

We are on the second day of hajj. It's Thulhijjah 9th 1437 H. as we mentioned before, after sleeping in Minna, and after dawn prayer, the pilgrims will move to plain Arafah. This is the main corner of hajj. According to Prophet Mohammed, (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, ((Al-hajj Arafah)). This simple phrase implies a great concept of the meaning of hajj.  It means that the whole hajj and its legality are confined in the effective day of Arafah. It means that hajj becomes valid o

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Day one (Tarwiyah)

Today is 10-09- 2016 which corresponds to the 08-12- 1437 H. The eighth day of Thulhijjah.  It is the first day of hajj. Pilgrims are arriving in Mecca to make arrival Tawaf to surround kaaba seven times, and then, they go to Minna. This is called the day of (tarwiyah) or the day of irrigation. Tarwiya in Arabic comes from the verb (yarwi) irrigates. It was given that name because the water, during those days was very rare or rather nonexistent at all. Pilgrims come to Mecca and then they irriga

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Blog Challenge: it's and its

Are you familiar with the personal pronoun it? I hope so. Then, don't confuse it's with its

Yes, it's is a shortened form of 'it is' or  'it has' (a contraction), while its is the possesive of it

It may not be that easy to use them correctly, though - it's said that even native speakers confuse them. 

The possessive form of a noun has apostrope s ('s) added to it, e.g. Expector's, today's, but the possessive form of it is its (no apostrope).

Let's try to write a short paragraph or build a few se

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