flamingos-cant@ukfli.uk to UK Memes@feddit.ukEnglish · 5 months agoJay a door francis cuisineukfli.ukimagemessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down123
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minus-squareHol@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoIts vs it’s got me for a long time. I want to add the apostrophe because it’s possessive, but possessive pronouns are an exception and don’t need one. Think of his, hers, yours, theirs. All are possessive but don’t need the apostrophe.
minus-squareAlpacaChariot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoYeah, English has loads of absolutely mental rules that don’t make sense if you think about them, often for quite interesting historical reasons!
Its vs it’s got me for a long time. I want to add the apostrophe because it’s possessive, but possessive pronouns are an exception and don’t need one. Think of his, hers, yours, theirs. All are possessive but don’t need the apostrophe.
Yeah, English has loads of absolutely mental rules that don’t make sense if you think about them, often for quite interesting historical reasons!