Automattic / Automattic/harper

`TheMy` only flags "its the" as redundant determiners but it's usually meant to be "it's the"

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> Its the end for those products.

This could perhaps be a perfect example of the kind of situation where two "overlapping" linters should both apply instead of one being chosen.

Though in this case I'm not sure the "its" → "it's" rule is even getting invoked.

It definitely doesn't seem like something that should be a special case in the `TheMy` linter. There could be an `ItsThe` linter but the conflicting determiners interpretation might be too rare a case to be worth considering.

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Start by reproducing the `TheMy` behavior with “Its the end for those products.”, then inspect the `TheMy` linter and the existing `its` → `it's` rule mentioned in the issue. Determine whether both diagnostics can apply without adding a special case; done means the sentence receives the intended correction or overlapping diagnostics.

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Tech stack
rust
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Bug
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4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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