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its vs. its' #1 (permalink) Wed Sep 12, 2007 16:37 pm   its vs. its'
 

Hi,

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

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its vs. its' #2 (permalink) Wed Sep 12, 2007 17:46 pm   its vs. its'
 

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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its vs. its' #3 (permalink) Wed Sep 12, 2007 17:48 pm   its vs. its'
 

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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its vs. its' #4 (permalink) Wed Sep 12, 2007 21:47 pm   its vs. its'
 

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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. Confused
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