An apostrophe always takes the place of other letters. “It’s” (the contraction) always means “it is”. The possessive form of “it” is always “its”.
Yes, it matters. Yes, I knew what was intended based on context this time, but context isn’t always available or reliable. The only way to be sure you won’t be misunderstood is to follow the same rules as everyone else every time.
I almost attributed it in the post, but “apologies” to Sir Terry Pratchett in his Discworld novels, although I’m sure many people have similarly had the idea :)
That’s not true in the case of possessives like “my son’s toy.” In fact it’s the opposite because the apostrophe here just denotes that it’s possesive which is the opposite of the it’s vs its example.
You might have learned that it replaces part of the word “his” in “my son his toy” but that’s not the real etymology.
An apostrophe always takes the place of other letters. “It’s” (the contraction) always means “it is”. The possessive form of “it” is always “its”.
Yes, it matters. Yes, I knew what was intended based on context this time, but context isn’t always available or reliable. The only way to be sure you won’t be misunderstood is to follow the same rules as everyone else every time.
Grocer here ju’st to 'say that you are 'stupidly wrong. A’s anyone can tell you, the apo’strophe alway’s come’s before an “'s”, dumba’s’s.
This is the perfect level of wrong to be hilarious
I almost attributed it in the post, but “apologies” to Sir Terry Pratchett in his Discworld novels, although I’m sure many people have similarly had the idea :)
That’s not true in the case of possessives like “my son’s toy.” In fact it’s the opposite because the apostrophe here just denotes that it’s possesive which is the opposite of the it’s vs its example.
You might have learned that it replaces part of the word “his” in “my son his toy” but that’s not the real etymology.
It’s not taking the place of “my son’s”; it’s taking the place of “his”.
Well, now the kids just think its a signal you didn’t use AI. So its cool to do.
Thank you.