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Recieved: 2002/10/17 11:46
Subject: [K-list] Re: It's and Its
From: mundaneyogi

--- In Kundalini-GatewayATnospamy..., "Lady C" <ladycATnospamf...> wrote:

> *It's* does take an apostrophe when it's used as a possessive
> pronoun, like it's used in Aaron's post.Sorry, but that's wrong. From Webster's on-line:

Main Entry: its
: of or relating to it or itself especially as possessor, agent, or
object of an action <going to its kennel> <a child proud of its
first drawings> <its final enactment into law>

And from a language site:

Its and it's are pronounced the same (duh) but are completely
different words. "Its" is the possessive form of "it", that
is, "its" is the gender-free equivalent of "his" or "her". "It's" is
a contraction for "it is".

And from the web page of English Professor Paul Brians of Washington
State University:

The exception to the general rule that one should use an apostrophe
to indicate possession is in possessive pronouns. Some of them are
not a problem. "Mine" has no misleading "s" at the end to invite an
apostrophe. And few people are tempted to write "hi's," though the
equally erroneous "her's" is fairly common, as are "our's"
and "their's"--all wrong, wrong, wrong. The problem with
avoiding "it's" as a possessive is that this spelling is perfectly
correct as a contraction meaning "it is." Just remember two points
and you'll never make this mistake again. (1) "It's" always
means "it is" or "it has" and nothing else. (2) Try changing
the "its" in your sentence to "his" and if it doesn't make sense,
then go with "it's."
> Example: It's apparent that Ken's shadow is manifesting it's
> mirror in this thread.s/b: ... its mirror in this thread.
Peace,

Ken
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