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Guest Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Would this situation use it's or its

For example, I'm speaking of a company that makes beds.

"The Sleep-Well company makes beds. It's beds are very comfortable."

or

"The Sleep-Well company makes beds. Its beds are very comfortable."
  

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The Sleep-Well company makes beds. Its beds are very comfortable. "It's" is a funny word.

— MountainHiker

  • The Sleep-Well company makes beds.
  • Its beds are very comfortable.
  • "It's" is a funny word.
  • Normally, the apostrophe means possessive.
  • MountainHiker's beds are comfortable.
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The Sleep-Well company makes beds. Its beds are very comfortable.


"It's" is a funny word.

Normally, the apostrophe means possessive.

MountainHiker's beds are comfortable.

But "It's" is a different animal. It means "It is". "It's" is a contraction for "it is".

In the possessive form, it is simply "Its".

So this (
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Hmm...

So, if I was saying "Sleep-Well's beds are very comfortable." it would use an apostraphe because it's possesive right? But referrering to the Sleep-Well company as "it" I would use "its" as the posessive.

/me shakes his head

One more quick question, what's the proper place to put punctuation when using quotes in a sentence? If I was writing and had:

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So, if I was saying "Sleep-Well's beds are very comfortable." it would use an apostraphe because it's possesive right? But referrering to the Sleep-Well company as "it" I would use "its" as the posessive.


You get a gold star. Very good!
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"It's" versus "Its" has always confounded me! Now, though, I feel so empowered! Emotion: geeked

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What's an apostraphe? Oh oh oh oh oh, you mean "apostrophe"!!!
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Well, Anonymous, if you are still here, I'm sure you feel very clever, pointing out a typing mistake in a post that is more than two years old. Here is a request for you:

Please post if you have genuine questions.

Please post if you have a comment that will help someone with a question.

Please do not post to make fun of the errors made by others.
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"Emotion: smileThe Sleep-Well company makes beds. Its beds are very comfortable."
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Our Business English class has a question about possessive forms.Would there ever be a reason to use the form companys' rather than companies' (if we're referring to more than one company)
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