In Possessives^x, Nouns^x

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.

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...

You are referring to an answer I posted on this topic earlier. In the case of a test situation or practice exercises, you don't have enough context to determine an answer to your question about emphasis. Typically, the author of the exercise wants you to answer "it" in this case, not "yours". ...

I disagree with Hypnopaedic that each word has an antonym. I believe that in every part of speech there are words which have NO antonyms; let’s take adjectives: what would be an antonym to “wooden”? made of stone? cardboard? What’s the opposite of “mathematical”? is it physical or geological? We...

Welcome, trixi68. It's the one with a singular noun followed by the sign of the possessive case ('s). Want to try it now?

Is it proper to use "s" or is it dropped?

The possessive of "your" is simply "yours". It is not correct to use an apostrophe at all with possessive pronouns. Correct usage is: Yours faithfully.

Because the English language uses number, which requires a determiner before a singular countable common noun-- either an article, a demonstrative adjective, or a possessive adjective. You don't have to use 'a car' if you choose instead to use 'the car', 'this/that car', or 'my/his/their/Jesus'...

Hi Guest, 1) 'I had checked and agree with she should take the responsible.' This sentence is wrong-- it should be 'I checked, and agree that she should take the responsibility.' He checked in the past and now agrees in the present. No problem. 2) 'When to use had had?' Use the past...

Interestingly, the possessive pronoun ITS was a relatively late addition to the language; it doesn't appear in the King James Version (1611) of the Bible, for instance. The question of whether ITS should contain an apostrophe wasn't settled till the early 19th century, and both forms were used...