When do you use and NOT use an apostrophe in the word "its"?
by 
--Irahyn.says.Tks.4.Pts. ---
ANSWERS: 7
-
"It's" is a contraction of "It is". If you're NOT saying "It is", DON'T use the apostrophe.
-
When it denotes possession. The horse is not aware if its own tail. The horse always knows when it's (it is) time to eat.
-
its' = belongs to it "I have a dog with no name and its' meal dish is brown." it's = it is "It's a nice day." its = not a word, need the ' behind the s to show possession
-
It's is a contraction of it is. Its is the possessive form of it, and to avoid confusion with it is, there is no apostrophe in its. Or at least in UK/Australian English. I guess there are different rules in American English
-
you only use the apostrophe when you are contracting "it is" to "it's". OTherwise, if you are saying that something belongs to "it", then you write "its".
-
"Its" without an apostrophe is the possessive form, and goes along with "his" and "her". If you could substitute "his" or "her" and merely sound unnecessarily cute, you don't need an apostrophe. "It's" is short for "it is" and you should be able to substitutre the full form. "My car has a dent on her door" - soppy but meaningful, so "My car has a dent on its door". "It is Thursday", so "It's Thursday". "My car has a dent on it is door" and "Her Thursday" don't make sense.
-
The only occasion that the word 'it's' has an apostrophe, is as a shortened version of the two-words, 'it is/has.' The word 'its' is used to describe something that belongs to something else.
RELATED QUESTIONS
Copyright 2023, Wired Ivy, LLC