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It’s my life or Its my life?
Posted by Abhi
It’s and its – two similar words which can drive anyone crazy.
It’s is a contraction of “ it is” or even sometimes “it has” – like It is not easy and It’s not easy OR It has been a long time and It’s been a long time.
Its is possessive adjective and possessive pronoun of “it”. For example: The dog stays in the cage. We have put its cage in the garden. Or The company has requested the market regulator to exempt it from making a full bid. Its request is being considered by the regulator. In both the sentences “Its” mean belonging to. In the first sentence it means the cage belonging to the dog and in the second one it means the request of the company.
August 2nd, 2009 at 10:32 am
That’s really a good post. I always confuse between its and it’s, so I replace it’s with It is in the sentence and see if the sentence makes sense or not.
July 18th, 2010 at 7:40 am
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