{"id":57,"date":"2017-05-22T21:37:18","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T20:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-232648-741634.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=57"},"modified":"2017-05-22T21:37:18","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T20:37:18","slug":"its-vs-its","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/blog\/its-vs-its\/","title":{"rendered":"Its Vs It&#039;s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><code>It\u2019s<\/code>&nbsp;is a contraction of \u201cit is\u201d or \u201cit has.\u201d<br \/><code>Its<\/code>&nbsp;is a possessive determiner we use to say that something belongs to or refers to something.<\/pre>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>It\u2019s<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>its<\/em>&nbsp;are among the most&nbsp;commonly confused words. They are pronounced the same, there\u2019s a very small difference in how they\u2019re written, and it\u2019s also easy to mistake the contraction in&nbsp;<em>it\u2019s<\/em>&nbsp;for a possessive. But the rules are very clear \u2014&nbsp;<em>it\u2019s<\/em>&nbsp;is the same type of contraction as \u201cwhere\u2019s\u201d or \u201cthere\u2019s,\u201d and&nbsp;<em>its<\/em>&nbsp;is a possessive just like \u201cmy\u201d or \u201cyour.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/englishforums.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/401.728.0_rr3m82s5zbxm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Examples<\/h2>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">He doesn\u2019t think&nbsp;<del>its<\/del>&nbsp;a good idea to spend all his money on video games.<br \/>He doesn\u2019t think&nbsp;<code>it\u2019s<\/code>&nbsp;(<em>it is<\/em>) a good idea to spend all his money on video games.<\/pre>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><del>Its<\/del>&nbsp;been a year since the last time they met.&nbsp;<br \/><code>It\u2019s<\/code>&nbsp;(<em>It has<\/em>) been a year since the last time they met.<\/pre>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">The computer looked as though&nbsp;<del>it\u2019s<\/del>&nbsp;power supply had failed.<br \/>The computer looked as though&nbsp;<code>its<\/code>&nbsp;power supply had failed.<\/pre>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">A car is no good without<del>\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0<\/del>wheels.<br \/>A car is no good without\u00a0<code>its<\/code>\u00a0wheels.<br \/><\/pre>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"289\" src=\"https:\/\/englishforums.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/401.728.0_rbqh87b3qg7t.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s&nbsp;is a contraction of \u201cit is\u201d or \u201cit has.\u201dIts&nbsp;is a possessive determiner we use to say that something belongs to or refers to something. 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