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by JoeAltmaier 3950 days ago
ITs not cut-and-dried. E.g. its vs it's is unsolvable - both should have the apostrophe but ambiguity.
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coldpie 3950 days ago
Mmh, not really. "Its" is consistent with other possessive pronouns like "his" and "hers". "It's" is consistent with other contractions, where letters are removed ("it is" or "it has").
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JoeAltmaier 3949 days ago
Can argue they should have the apostrophe too. Like Tom's or Roosevelt's. "Her's" Those just don't happen to be (very) ambiguous.
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