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Guest  #56126  Fri, 19 Nov 04 04:12 AM
I didn't think that this was a word, but it was used in an official document written by someone who would know.

The organization must meet the needs of its' members.

I thought that the possessive of it was just its. Maybe it is different for collective nouns? Originally I thought it was a typo, but alas it appears several times in the paper.
  
Mister Micawber  #56156  Fri, 19 Nov 04 07:04 AM
It's a mistake. " Its " is the possessive pronoun in all cases, while " it's " is the contraction of " it is ". There are no other choices.

  
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