> I was taught that it's is a shorthand form for 'it is a/an' and used to
> get bad marks if not using it as such ... English is many good things, as
> a language, excepting being straightforward and coherent in grammar imho.
>
> Peter

I've studied over 12 human languages, and found *none* of them
"straightforward and coherent" in grammer.

The closest I've found is Japanese, and there are *many* quirks there,
also.
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