English Corner: Which is it?
One of the most common errors I come across in any kind of writing is mixing up “it’s” and “its”.
Put simply, “its” denotes that “it” is a possessive pronoun meaning, more or less, “of it” or “belonging to it” – eg, “She gave the dog its bone.” Always fight the urge to add an apostrophe when you are using “its” in this sense.
The only time you need use that apostrophe with these three letters (”i”, “t” and “s”) is when you are contracting the words “it” and “is”, or when “it” and “has” are being used together – eg, “It’s sunny outside,” or “It’s been sunny today.”
See, once you know how and why, it is that simple!
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