Quick Grammar Help

[pulykamell]

@Gary_T

Are you serious? Any native English speaker is overwhelmingly familiar with that’s as a contraction for that is. It’s and it is have nothing to do with this, and I have to wonder why you even mentioned them. “That’s it” simply means “that is it.” It’s perfectly correct and quite common. Other examples of this use of that’s include “that’s the ticket,” “that what he said,” and “that’s the way I like it.” The apostrophe in that’s most certainly does NOT represent possession/belonging in this context and it’s absolutely ludicrous to assert that it does. What have you been smoking, dude?

I was assuming that was meant in playfully teasing jest of Old Red’s post, but I could be wrong.

[Gary_T]

@pulykamell

I was assuming that was meant in playfully teasing jest of Old Red’s post, but I could be wrong.

You’re probably right, I really did wonder if it was serious or not because it was so out there.