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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

its vs it's, todays vs today;s

ok so I got kind of mixed up between 's' and ''s'. I take as the rule of thum that 's' is posessive and ''s' is a form of 'it is':

>its achievements
<it's done

but when I encountered a situation regarding the word 'today' i suddenly felt less convinced:

>today's match
>today's not good

the question: why 'today's match' if it's posessive?

thank you!
  

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Anonymous why 'today's match' if it's posessive? It is possessive. That's why it has an apostrophe ( ' ).

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  • Anonymous why 'today's match' if it's posessive?
  • It is possessive.
  • That's why it has an apostrophe ( ' ).
  • That's one use of the apostrophe-S.
  • But apostrophe-S is used as a contraction for "is" as well.
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Anonymouswhy 'today's match' if it's posessive?
It is possessive. That's why it has an apostrophe ( ' ).
That's one use of the apostrophe-S. But apostrophe-S is used as a contraction for "is" as well.

John's book; Mary's dress; today's lesson.
John's tired. Mary's going with us. Today's not good.
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All contractions use the apostrophe:

Today's (today is) not good. Don't ask. We'll go tomorrow.

Most possessives use 's:

John's hat, the cat's tail, today's game (the game happening today, belonging to today) ...

Most pronouns have special possessive forms:

I, we -- my, o
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