DarkAngelBGE Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 Hey there! On all forums I stop by, and also within our community, I noticed that people often mix up it's and its. That's why, though i am not a native English-speaking fellow, I want to clear this up since my teachers taught us about it a several hundred times."it's" is simply the abbreviation for it is."Its" is a possessive pronoun. his trousers, her lipstick and its carrot (the rabbit's).If needed I can fledge things out a better way and back my approach up with more examples.Hope this was a worthy read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akya Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 It was... is it me or do us, non-native english speakers more careful about our writing ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penthouse Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 I think it's not only you, but us. Thanks DarkAngelBGE. (haha I know you don't like this ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uppy Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 Yo, thanks DarkAngelBGE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chichigrande Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 If it is showing possession like in its carrot it would have to be it's (I think). But if it is plural that it would be changed to its. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tutankhamun Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 Hey, it's Tim the Teacher.Or: Hey, it is Tim the Teacher.Both mean the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uppy Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 Tim's a teacher? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Op Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 No, tis just a jest created by a staff member. Timmy's too young to work as a teacher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeru Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 "It's" can also be "it has" (in some of the perfect tenses)"It's eaten my favorite flowers!"(= It has eaten...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeZar Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 You guys just my English grade raise from B to A Thanks Timmie, i didnt know that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clodhopper Posted July 10, 2004 Share Posted July 10, 2004 "It's eaten my favorite flowers!"(= It has eaten...) It could be "It's eating my favourite flowers!" =It is eating... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeOptimist Posted July 11, 2004 Share Posted July 11, 2004 Yes, I see this part of English misused a lot Thank you for pointing it out Timmy.To clarify, "It's" is used a lot more than "Its" is. There aren't a whole lot of proper uses for "Its" (at least compared to "It's).I think a lot of people, especially people who "tyep liek this" just are too lazy to add an apostrophe to "It's". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uppy Posted July 11, 2004 Share Posted July 11, 2004 I recently read that in my language arts so I vegaly remember it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argalius Posted July 11, 2004 Share Posted July 11, 2004 I knew it, but I probably didn't do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uppy Posted July 12, 2004 Share Posted July 12, 2004 I was just to lazy to look bakc into my language arts book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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