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Hi, in today's lesson you will learn the difference between it's with an apostrophe
and its with no apostrophe.
This is my second video in the series
called Quick Fixes,
where together we fix a common problem.
So, first up, the word it's, with an apostrophe.
it's is always short for either "it is,"
as in "It's raining" or
in informal speech for "it has."
So, for example, "It's got six legs."
It's is the contracted form which means
the apostrophe replaces either a missing letter or missing letters.
So, here we can see the sentence, "It is raining,"
which can be contracted to, "It's raining."
The apostrophe here is replacing the missing letter of I,
or in the case of "it has,"
here we have the sentence, "It has got six legs."
which we can again contract,
to "It's got six legs."
So, remember when you see an apostrophe,
it means that it is a contracted form,
either it is or it has.
Whereas it's with no apostrophe means belonging to.
So, for instance, "The dog is wagging its tail."
it's here is a possessive pronoun,
much like my, your, his, her, our or their.
So, here really is where the confusion is.
because in some cases
we use an apostrophe to show possession.
For instance, we could say, it's the boy's car
this means the car belonging to the boy.
So, here the apostrophe means possession
but when we say "its" meaning possession we have no apostrophe.
So here's another example.
"The plant had lost all of its flowers."
this means the flowers belonging to the plant.
is showing possession.
or, "Paris is famous for its art galleries."
this means the art galleries is belonging to Paris.
Again its here is a possessive pronoun.
So, now let's check if you've understood.
Fill in the gaps with either it's with an apostrophe or its without.
Number one, "The dog had eaten all blank food."
its with no apostrophe
as here it's the food belonging to the dog.
it's a possessive pronoun, so it's "its" with no apostrophe.
2. Blank been a wonderful day!
"It's" with an apostrophe as it is the contracted form of "it has."
so we use "it's" with an apostrophe,
because the apostrophe represents the missing letters of H A of has.
Three. "Call me as soon as blank ready."
"It's" with apostrophe as it's the contracted form of "it is," this time
"Call me as soon as it is ready."
We need to use it's with an apostrophe here
because it's replacing the I of is.
"The old house had lost all blank windows and doors."
its without the apostrophe
as it's the possessive pronoun meaning
belonging to the house, so no apostrophe.
Five. blank a great success!
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