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its vs it's

The phrases "its" and "it's" are commonly confused in English. "Its" is a possessive pronoun, while "it's" is a contraction of "it is" or "it has." Understanding the difference between the two can help you use them correctly in sentences.

Last updated: March 20, 2024 • 1319 views

its

This is correct as a possessive pronoun, indicating belonging or ownership.

Use "its" to show possession or belonging, such as "The dog wagged its tail."
  • Foreign military units are deployed on its territory against its will.
  • Liberals protested its dogmatism and evangelicals its Roman tendencies.
  • Liberalism acquired its real meaning and its content from its enemies.
  • We're its highs and its lows, its misfits, its beauty queens, its brain and its brawn, its master, its blaster, its soul, and its gluteus maximus.
  • Nowadays Linköping is known for its university and its high-technology industry.
  • Gerald focuses on its biochemistry while Rachel studies its behavior.
  • This shows its difficulty, not its impossibility.
  • Every second its microprocessor compares with its database of risk zones.
  • Treviso impresses its visitors with its incomparable medieval flair.
  • Marinehaus considers its users' privacy fundamental for its business.
  • They enhance its visibility and therefore its effectiveness.
  • Reinforce its position and ensure its operational and financial independence.
  • Elected institutions must redefine its objectives and monitor its activities.
  • He perceived its voice and felt its sentiment.
  • Rolling Ball reserves its rights to select its clients.
  • Seek its inspiration, its power.
  • This water demonstrates every day its dermatological effectiveness with its users.
  • The socialist enterprise draws its definitions differently than its capitalist counterpart.
  • Each fault has its volume and its inevitable consequences.
  • Whole foods controls its image by controlling its inventory.

it's

This is correct as a contraction of "it is" or "it has."

Use "it's" as a contraction in sentences like "It's raining outside" (for "it is") or "It's been a long day" (for "it has").
  • This moving-day business, it's repulsive.
  • Perhaps only music because it's ephemeral.
  • But it's hooded warbler migration season.
  • And it's equipped with aluminum-frame...
  • Supposedly it's pretty common among ex-addicts.
  • All this, it's rather unsettling.
  • It's commitment, it's joy, it's understanding, it's patience, it's anger, it's reconciliation, it's everything.
  • Because it's fun and it's for charity.
  • Ferdinand knows Rachel, but it's... it's my meeting.
  • And it's... it's definitely too soon for a double date.
  • I don't think it's that important, because it's pretty solid.
  • But it's ten quid a bottle and it's highly toxic.
  • Because it's exciting and it's challenging.
  • So it's post-war, but it's still really special.
  • And it's made of polyethylene, so it's very thin.
  • Because it's published on demand and it's developed from this repository of open materials.
  • The reason this car was so brilliant is that it's light, it's small and it's simple.
  • I mean, it's weird and it's scary, but it's the first time anything like this has happened on Earth.
  • But it's in me, it's - it's in here. It's me, it's who I am.
  • Again, it's just capturing personality.

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