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Emrys

(9,205 posts)
Wed Aug 13, 2025, 08:09 AM Aug 2025

You used it correctly

"Its" is the possessive form, = "of it". Using an apostrophe in that word is overextension of a general English rule, which is why people sometimes have problems with it.

Apostrophes before or after word-terminal "s" generally indicate possession, but can also indicate contraction of two words, indicating letters have been elided - "it's" = "it is".

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