Recent questions tagged possession

Description : What might be a way to avoid confusing "it's" with "its"?

Last Answer : It is because the - s suffix means two things, a contraption of is and the possessive form (the genitive case) of a noun. People tend to get into the habit of typing/writing s whenever they think either of ... with - s. It is just evil when the correct -s ending is so close to the intuitive - s.

Description : Has the time come for the "apostrophe" lecture?

Last Answer : Note that all my apostrophes disappeared in the tags; so, to repeat myself; it’s, who’s, they’re, Gail’s possessions.

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