>It used to be the "official" way Oh right, thank you, I didn't know the history. Short version: https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/the-tangled-hist

>It used to be the "official" way Oh right, thank you, I didn't know the history. Short version: https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/the-tangled-history-of-its-and-its https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/the-tangled-hi... Did you mean, some people now alive were taught that "it's" is right (in "it's definition"), or just ownership generally (Harry's). Well, it's better than using apostrophes for plural's, which seems very common too.