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Exciter Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
usage of "its"
Why don’t we use an apostrophe for 'its' while it indicates possession?
Example: "its relative importance increased"
Example: "its relative importance increased"
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Well one reason could be that it avoids confusion with the contraction "it's" (= "it is")
- Well one reason could be that it avoids confusion with the contraction "it's" (= "it is")
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Well one reason could be that it avoids confusion with the contraction "it's" (= "it is")
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Using an apostrophe would be very odd. Why should we? There is no apostrophe in the other possessive pronouns: his, hers, yours, ours etc.
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CB
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Why don’t we use an apostrophe for 'its' while it indicates possession?
Example: "its relative importance increased"
His, her, my and their are spelt without apostrophes. That's why its requires no apostrophe.
Example: "its relative importance increased"
His, her, my and their are spelt without apostrophes. That's why its requires no apostrophe.
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