Hi, 'Its' is a pronoun where as 'it's' is a contraction of 'it is'. The first line is correct. The defence is just doing its job.

When we say 'his being' we are using 'his' as a possessive pronoun. This is tantamount to saying Bob's doing... (An apostrophe here indicates possessive). And whenever one uses such a construction, although one should try to

In Helsinki English a more straightforward approach would be used: Neither the two dogs nor the cat received their food tonight. In case anyone insisted on including the pointless underlined words in the original post, a possessive apostrophe

Using an apostrophe (your's or yours') is incorrect. From Cambridge dictionary yours pronoun 1 used to show that something belongs to or is connected with the person or group of people being spoken or written to: Is this pen

Hers - the possessive pronouns don't have apostrophes. People most often confuse its and it's (it is)

You have to think of it as a pronoun that gets special treatment, and not as an ordinary noun with an apostrophe and S tacked on at the end. We don't say he's book or we's neighborhood, either. Clearly, this is a difficult distinction

Hi, When joining two complete sentences, does a comma come after a coordinating conjunction (for, and nor, but, or, yet, so)? Generally speaking, no. But it may optionally come before one. Also should the title of short stores be

When joining two complete sentences, does a comma come after a coordinating conjunction (for, and nor, but, or, yet, so)? Also should the title of short stores be italicized or underlined when the title of a book should be enclosed in quotation

Hi denna. Thanks for joining us. Welcome to English Forums! My only suggestion is that we would say, " It was most considerate of you." Note the past tense, " It was ." " It is (or the contraction, " It's ) most

I'm debating with a friend about their use of an apostrophe to form a contraction. I'm aware of this rule: -- 3. Pronouns and nouns with the verb to be. Examples: I'm you're who's (i.e., who is) he's she's it's