Its and it's
Its and it's probably cause the most confusion in English writing and many people get it wrong.
We've covered it's as a contraction. That's fine.
However, just to be awkward, its indicates possession. Unlike other nouns we've looked at, it doesn't take an apostrophe. So:
The dog chewed its bone
The robot had lost its battery
It came down from the sky its lights blazing
Why is it its?
I'm glad you asked and I know you're dying to know...
The technical reason is that its is a possessive pronoun like his, hers, yours and ours, which have 'possession' built in so there's no need to add an s.
The easy way – honest! - to remember this is to substitute the words 'it is' or 'it has' where you want to use it's. If it makes sense use it's otherwise it's its.
That was a good sentence! 😎
Just, hopefully, to cement this idea, here are the three earlier examples where we've tried to use 'it is' instead:
The dog and it is bone
The robot had lost it is battery
It came down from the sky it is lights blazing
And they don't make sense so you know it's its.
And it's that simple. I hope 😊
Next we'll look at words that sound the same but are spelled differently.
All jokes aside...
I commend you for this Post Yan!
Our communication is key to how we are perceived by others.
When Bogging, we incorporate our personal experiences,data, etc. Each backed by the information we have attained by our source(S).
Okay, so this includes our research.
Let us include the "homophones" in that research. It will only improve our writing style, not hurt it.
It just makes sense to do it that way!
I will be more aware of my word choices as I continue on my Blogging journey!! :)