How Dare You! (I'd love to see the brake pedal depressed)
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Take it is kids?
it has
It can be either 'it is' or 'it has' but when used to show possession, it would be "its" without the apostrophe. I think that's because it's a pronoun, since off the top of my head, I can't think of any that use " 's " to show possession.
To see the brake pedal depressed, take its kids.
I've never been good with where and when you put an apostrophe
It's is a contraction for "it is" or "it has"
"It's been a long day."
"It's hot outside."
Its is the possessive form that denotes ownership of a nonperson.
"Its food bowl needs to be refilled."
"Its vote was for a Democrat."
It confuses people because apostrophes also signal possession when coupled with a noun.
"Mark's vote was switched to Democrat by Dominion's voting machine."
There was a Canadian educational youth show called Street Cents back in the day that once called out the NBA for writing "the NBA and it's players..." in a TV ad. This was like 25 years ago but it always stuck with me..
So doesn't matter if you act like it is a person?
Like "my brother's"?
Thank you for helping, genuinely.
Brother is a noun, so that works. Yeap!
The main times a possessive do not get an apostrophe to show ownership is with pronouns. So you don't put an apostrophe with:
His
Hers
Its
Their
"Its" is one of those many exceptions to the rule that English has. Here the possessive form doesn't use the apostrophe to avoid the confusion with "it is".
Interesting, English is so unusual haha. Its the only language I know and I still mess up
I think those of us for whom English is is the first language are fortunate. Most other languages are relatively easy by comparison.
Well, you spelled it perfectly. Don't beat yourself up.
Thanks, appreciate that. Is good to try get better though
Oof