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[imatruck]

what about its and it's. Can you please type out a long winded post for that.

[swampviking]

What about 'yer'? And 'yinz'?

[Josh Rickun]

maybe. lemme google that one too ya jerk!

[Josh Rickun]

suck it!


It's is a contraction for it is or it has.

Its is a possessive pronoun meaning, more or less, of it or belonging to it.

And there is absolutely, positively, no such word as its'.

A simple test

If you can replace it[']s in your sentence with it is or it has, then your word is it's; otherwise, your word is its.

Another test

Its is the neuter version of his and her. Try plugging her into your sentence where you think its belongs. If the sentence still works grammatically (if not logically) then your word is indeed its.

Examples

It's been good to know you. Contraction: it has
It's a bird! It's a plane! Contraction: it is

The dodo bird is known for its inability to fly. Possessive pronoun: its inability = the dodo bird's inability

[Bahr]

Ooh! Can we start haranguing people on capitalization and punctuation, too?

[Robbie Fuct]

depends. do you enjoy incubus?

[Bahr]

No.

[Robbie Fuct]

how much money can you take a picture of right this second?

[Bahr]

None. Too lazy.

[Robbie Fuct]

then no.