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Leibel jerome Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Two little grammaticals questions

Hello,

I'm doing a homework about cryptosystem for the school, and i have to do it in english.
It's not my mother langage, so i would like to ask you a little question.

I imagine that you will find my question quite stupid but i'm not sure about myself.

When i speak about the cryptosystem's safty, it : "It's safty" and not "His safty" ? I'm right no ?

Then, i speak about the letter from the plaintext (the text which is readable in opposition with the ciphertext) it's : "The plaintext's letter" ? I'm not sure because it seem weird.

Thanks a lot,
A little frensh who need some help Emotion: thinking
  

Top answer

It would be Its safety. (note the spelling of safety) Its = belonging to it. It's = It is.

  • It would be Its safety.
  • (note the spelling of safety) Its = belonging to it.
  • It's = It is.
  • His/her are normally only used when referring to a person, or an animal whose gender is known.
  • You would normally say The plaintext letter , if you were talking about the letter in plaintext.
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It would be Its safety. (note the spelling of safety)
Its = belonging to it.
It's = It is.
His/her are normally only used when referring to a person, or an animal whose gender is known.
You would normally say The plaintext letter, if you were talking about the letter in plaintext.
"In this cipher, the plaintext letter E

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