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As you probably already know these reduced forms occur in speech not in writing except to illustrate how to say them of course wanna is want to gotta is got to gonna is going to I want to give my Mom something nice for her birthday Said I wanna give my Mom I have got to get started right now or I...

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

In addition to Mister Micawber s seasoned and excellent advice here are a couple of quick tips and cool tricks When you re not sure which pronoun to use there are two things you can do 1 Replace the pronoun with a word that makes sense to you like this Question Who did it I did it She did it He...

Hi Happy This area is a very contentious one so it is not surprising that you find different pronouncements within and between grammar books Here is my opinion on the examples you present 1 Who did it Not I The pronoun stands in parallel to the subject who and is a shortened form of I didn t do...

As Taken from one of the site Briefly we can say that apostrophes have three uses 1 To show possession in nouns We add an apostrophe and s after all singular nouns and after plural nouns that do not end in s Susan s book Pete s dog the children s toys the men s room We add an apostrophe without s...

The It s vs Its page If you re confused by these two little words you ve come to the right place It s is a contraction for it is or it has Its is a possessive pronoun meaning more or less of it or belonging to it And there is absolutely positively no such word as its A simple test If you can...

To let means to allow Let him in Allow him to come in The word let s means let us The first comes with the pronoun us The second does not come with the pronoun us She lets allows him to paint She allows him to paint So the rule is that when you mean let us or allow us or permits us you use let s...

Apart from this being a deeply sinister post have the animal welfare people been informed the use of it s is wrong It s is ALWAYS a contraction of It is never a possessive pronoun

Contractions are normally taking place for personal pronouns aren t they I ll He ll She ll They ll etc

Well I ve just joined This is a bit strange The possessive of it is without question its no apostrophe Mine yours his hers its ours theirs no apostrophe in any of them It s invariably means it is or it has and there is no such word as its All basic English grammar And yet someone says...