its vs. its'

[Torsten]

Hi,

Have you ever seen the possessive adjective with an apostrophe at the end (its'). Is this is an old version of "its"?

Thanks,
Torsten
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[prezbucky]

I don't know about old versions. Currently (as you know):

possessive = its
contraction = it's

The dog ate its bone.

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[prezbucky]

it's probably one of the most common mistakes in English usage. I see it all the time. There are CEOs of multinational companies who cannot explain the difference between "its" and "it's".
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[Yankee]

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I've never seen anybody put an apostrophe after its, but if I did see that, I would assume the same thing Tom did: It was written by one of the countless people who have never quite figured out how to write the possessive form of it correctly.
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Amy
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ESL teacher, translator, and a native speaker of American English