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minus-squaregiacomo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agothis is why I hate its vs it’s. if “it” was Dave, it would be to Dave’s full advantage. this shit will likely never make sense to me.
minus-squarebaines@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agobecause english is a trash language but pedants enjoy gatekeeping too much
minus-squareSystemDisc@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoIf you can replace “it’s” with “it is” or “it has” it needs an apostrophe. If you can’t, because it’s a possessive pronoun showing ownership, there’s no apostrophe. “It’s a good day.”/“It’s been a good day.” vs “Its day was good.”
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 day agoYou only do “it’s” for “it is”. The rest are “its”. That simple. You don’t do it for possession with “it”.
this is why I hate its vs it’s. if “it” was Dave, it would be to Dave’s full advantage.
this shit will likely never make sense to me.
because english is a trash language but pedants enjoy gatekeeping too much
If you can replace “it’s” with “it is” or “it has” it needs an apostrophe. If you can’t, because it’s a possessive pronoun showing ownership, there’s no apostrophe.
“It’s a good day.”/“It’s been a good day.”
vs
“Its day was good.”
You only do “it’s” for “it is”.
The rest are “its”. That simple. You don’t do it for possession with “it”.