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There is no more misguided use of an apostrophe than to use it to "create a pronoun's possessive" as using "it's" in place of "its" Do you also write "he's" an
by raverbashing 2y ago
There is no more misguided use of an apostrophe than to use it to "create a pronoun's possessive" as using "it's" in place of "its"
Do you also write "he's" and "she's" (as possessive pronouns)? No? Then it's "its".
- robertlagrant 2y agoEr, yes because they're short for he is and she is. You mean "his" and "hers".
- raverbashing 2y agoBut you don't write them like that, you write "his/hers"
- oneeyedpigeon 2y agoDifferent words. "His dog" means the dog belonging to him. "He's a dog" means "he is a dog".
- raverbashing 2y ago> Different words Obviously I meant people don't write "he's" as the possessive form of he. Hence they shouldn't write it's as the possessive form of it.
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]
- mouse_ 2y agohe's/she's going to have to deal with it
- nozzlegear 2y agoOr even "it's going to have to deal with it" — though hopefully the pronoun refers to a pet or farm animal of some kind, as referring to a human as "it" is dehumanizing.
- ben_w 2y ago"He's got a head shaped like a massive orange" "Who?" "Xtk'act'sbu" "Oh no, not the Klingon cosplayer!"
- itronitron 2y agoSo is this the proper form? -> it's putting the lotion on its skin