I was in Grade 10 math class when our Principal made the announcement. We all looked at each other, and then Greg asked, "Are they okay?" which made everyone laugh nervously.
One of the memorable world events of my lifetime.
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We may curse our bad luck that it's sounds like its; who's sounds like whose; they're sounds like their (and there); and you're sounds like your. But if we are grown-ups who have been through full-time education, we have no excuse for muddling them up.
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