Thread:Jackboog21/@comment-27862439-20170710065217/@comment-32203906-20170711200411

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"It's and Its

There is often confusion between its and it's. If you delve deeper into this issue, you will see that there is good reason for the confusion.

However, if you just want to know what is right, the matter is very simple. It's It's is short for it is or it has. This is a 100% rule. It cannot be used for anything else. If you cannot expand your it's to it is or it has, then it is wrong! Its Its is like his and her. (They are all possessive adjectives.) Look at these examples:

These are his pies.

(His is used for a masculine possessor (owner).)

These are her flowers.

(Her is used for feminine possessor.)

These are its footprints.

(Its is used for neuter possessor.)

Examples with It's and Its

Here are example sentences with it's and its:

It's been raining for a week, and now it's starting to snow.

(The first it's expands to it has. The second it's expands to it is.)

It's one of the hardest courses in it's history.

(The first it's is correct. The second should be its.)

I think the company wants to have its cake and eat it. (This is correct. The its is a possessive adjective.)

The reef shark chases it's prey through the coral. (This is wrong. It should be its. It cannot be expanded to it is or or has so it must be the possessive adjective its.)"