1 / 4

It's vs. Its

It's vs. Its. If you're confused by these two little words, you‘re not alone. This mini-lesson should help you sort out the difference. It's is a contraction for it is or it has . Its is a possessive pronoun meaning, more or less, of it or belonging to it .

roxy
Download Presentation

It's vs. Its

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. It's vs. Its If you're confused by these two little words, you‘re not alone. This mini-lesson should help you sort out the difference.

  2. It'sis a contraction forit isorit has. • Itsis a possessive pronoun meaning, more or less,of itorbelonging to it. • And there is absolutely, positively, no such word asits'.

  3. It’s - Contraction • A simple test • If you can replace it's in your sentence with it is orit has, then your word is it's; otherwise, your word is its. • Examples • It's been good to know you. Contraction: it hasIt's a bird! It's a plane! Contraction: it is

  4. Its - possessive • Another test • Its is the neuter version of his and her. Try plugging her into your sentence where you think its belongs. If the sentence still works grammatically (if not logically) then your word is indeed its. • The dodo bird is known for its inability to fly. Possessive pronoun: its inability = the dodo bird's inability

More Related