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BunnyWithStick wrote:Ah yes:

It's = It has/Generic ownership or similar.

*sigh* No, no, not at all. You're switching it around again.

Apostrophes replace missing letters in order to create contractions. Therefore, "it's" stands for "it is", which has nothing to do with possession.

Dictionary Widget wrote:A punctuation mark (?’?) used to indicate either possession e.g., Harry’s book; boys’s coats) or the omission of letters or numbers (e.g., can’t; he’s; class of ’99).

I rest my case.

But 'It's' and 'Its' are an exception. 'It's' can mean 'It is' or 'It has,' but only the latter in the case of the present participle. e.g. "It has won" to "It's won."

Dictionary.com wrote:it's[. . .]
1. contraction of it is: It's starting to rain.
2. contraction of it has: It's been a long time.

Dictionary.com wrote:its[. . .]
–pronoun
the possessive form of it (used as an attributive adjective): The book has lost its jacket. I'm sorry about its being so late.

.................................if you can stop talking about that, model is not the right word, it's mod or texture, i fixed the link , for the moment, it isn't a good progress, but i need some help

tallyl, I fail to see how that proves that "it's" used possessively is incorrect.

Maybe you should just stop talking for a while.



Ask your teacher.

It's a contraction for "it is."

It's never used any other way, and it's impossible for it to be used to mean "belonging to it."

It's not a matter of opinion, nor of common usage: it's a matter of a grammatical rule.

It's a well established fact that its case is unique.

Meh. BwS is lucky. Since he's 12, we forgive him some of his mistakes, like this one, while when he does something right, we're doubly impressed because he's young. Cheap. The blessing of low expectations...

I knew you'd say that. Why is it that you don't trust a dictionary? Doesn't that undermine the entire purpose of dictionaries?

I think you should give me a good reason as to why it's incorrect before you assume you're an all-knowing god.

It's/its is following the same pattern as he's/his, they're/their, you're/your and other possessive pronouns.

It's incorrect because it's a hard and fast rule: the possessive of it is its, not it's.

What else do you need to know? Why grammatical rules are irregular? No one can tell you that, but all languages have them.

tallyl.iii wrote:

Dictionary.com wrote:it's[. . .]
1. contraction of it is: It's starting to rain.
2. contraction of it has: It's been a long time.

Dictionary.com wrote:its[. . .]
–pronoun
the possessive form of it (used as an attributive adjective): The book has lost its jacket. I'm sorry about its being so late.

Dude, why are you saying we don't trust dictionaries? Read.

This is madness!

Better change the topic name to "C's Mad Project."

I've been playing WoW more than usual, and "it's" in that case means "it belongs to..." IE: Nick's computer. And that's why i've been gone for a while. I've been playing wow every day from 5:00pm - 2:30am .