Magpie House - $$2.50
Throughout the UK you'll see these delightful black and white cottages painted in the colors of the magpie.
Magpie House
Throughout the UK you'll see these delightful black and white cottages painted in the colours of the magpie.
The superstitious believe that it's unlucky to see just one magpie on its own, but when two are seen perching on a roof, it's a sign that the house is sound.
Many thanks to Carol who wrote in to help us correct a punctuation error.
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This is a sentence from what I think is your home page.
"The superstitious believe that it's unlucky to see just one magpie on it's own, but when two are seen perching on a roof, it's a sign that the house is sound."
IT'S is a contraction of IT IS. You've used it correctly on two of the uses in this sentence, but what you have with "it's own" is a very common error. There is no apostrophe for the "possessive" use. I hope you'll correct this on your website, as I'm sure there are many people who love your products and the wrong use of it just keeps people thinking it's correct. I found it because I saw a reference to a magpie house in a mystery I read, and I wanted to know the meaning. Glad I found it! Looks like fun stuff on your website, too.
"The superstitious believe that it's unlucky to see just one magpie on it's own, but when two are seen perching on a roof, it's a sign that the house is sound."
IT'S is a contraction of IT IS. You've used it correctly on two of the uses in this sentence, but what you have with "it's own" is a very common error. There is no apostrophe for the "possessive" use. I hope you'll correct this on your website, as I'm sure there are many people who love your products and the wrong use of it just keeps people thinking it's correct. I found it because I saw a reference to a magpie house in a mystery I read, and I wanted to know the meaning. Glad I found it! Looks like fun stuff on your website, too.