343 How Dare You! (I'd love to see the brake pedal depressed) (media.greatawakening.win) posted 2 years ago by GreenLivesMatter 2 years ago by GreenLivesMatter +344 / -1 50 comments download share 50 comments share download save hide report block hide replies
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
I see, so not names either? I need to brush up on grammar and such, here I come khan academy. Haha
Thanks again, fren. I appreciate that and you