It's a question of it's apostrophe !

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Musicman - 20 Oct 2005 13:15 GMT

Hi folks,

Help me solve this arguement with my GF. The old 'apostrophe' addage!

I know that it replaces the 'i' for 'it is' and it replaces several other
letters in various words. I HATE it when folk use it incorrectly in
PLURALS.... Sausage's - Grrrrrrr. I also know that it is used to indicate
the possessive - ie John's car BUT....

Should it appear in this example ? " The new car sure is a fine example of
engineering. It's shape is a new revolution in car design.

The ' it's ' in this example refers to ' the shape of IT - ie ; the car.
This indicates the possessive and therefore I believe this to be correct.
Comments please.

My final point is - Are there ANY circumstances in which 'ITS' is used
WITHOUT an apostrophe????

Please please help - it's really bugging me!

reply to group please.

TIA

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Einde O'Callaghan - 20 Oct 2005 14:19 GMT

> Hi folks,
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> Please please help - it's really bugging me!

You've answered the question yourself in your other message - "its" is
the possessive adjective or possessive pronoun.

Regards, Einde O'Callaghan

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John Ramsay - 21 Oct 2005 02:03 GMT

> Hi folks,
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> TIA

its without the ' is possessive = Belonging to 'it'

it's = it is

'It's shape' is wrong.

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Discussion Groups / ESL Teaching / October 2005

It's a question of it's apostrophe !