Difference Between It’s and Its

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Hi friends I am back with a new lesson. Well! it's a nice day today.

its / it's a nice day so did I mean

its a nice day or it's a nice day

well here is the confusion for the simple reason

that it ( apostrophe) s and its that means without an apostrophe

both sound the same but well they have

totally completely different meanings their usage is completely different

so don't even try to interchange them or use them interchangeably

okay so what is it(apostrophe) +s

and what is its . Well It(apostrophe)s

is a pronoun it + is so it is a contraction

so when you contract it + is becomes it's.

but it means it is (it's)

okay like present tense it is and its without an apostrophe

is a possessive adjective

and also used as a possessive pronoun well now we are going to learn the difference

between

it's and its that means without an apostrophe

so let's see the first one it's quite hot today

so when I say it's quite hot it means it is

Alright Now if I write Its it would not make

any sense - its I mean what possession

are we talking about so when I want to say it is quite hot today

you gonna say it's

it is, so remember this is a contraction of it+is

to show it's quite hot today

well so my pet is very happy so the dog is wagging its tail

now we have is as the verb the dog if wagging its tail

but if you see there is It without

an apostrophe so the dog is wagging its

tail that means

its is a possessive

adjective describing the tail

possession okay so this

always shows possession don't get confused because they both

you know its and it's sound same the pronunciation is same

but remember this always shows possession

now imagine if I'm gonna use it's here would it even make sense

the dog is wagging

it is tail. No it would not make any sense

so remember it's tail the dogs tail, alright

this shows possession okay the next sentence It's going to rain

now it is going to rain

the weather is dark and gloomy and

people feel lethargic so well my Dog the dog is sleeping

on its mat again sleeping on its mat, mat is the noun

its is showing possession so it becomes possessive adjective

Now here again I can't use on it is mat it would not make any sense

so well its mat it shows possession, okay

the next example- It's a big jar.

now, It is a big jar

or I can even say - The jar is big, okay

its lid is loose the lid is loose its lid

why do I say its without an apostrophe because I'm showing the lid belongs to

the jar I'm bringing about a possession

so its lid is loose

okay

so remember its is showing possession over here you use it without

an apostrophe well as usual if you add an apostrophe

it would not make any sense to the sentence so I hope you understood so far

let's take a look at the last sentence it's too far to travel

Well I'm talking about a place , It's too far

to travel

Can I say its, No

it will not make sense, its too far, No It's too far to travel so it's too far to

travel

well even if I decide to go the car has four tyres

one of its tyres is loose now one of its tyres

one of its that means - one of the cars tyre

is loose showing

is flat so that shows possession

so this also shows possession I cannot use it's

because that would not make any sense

okay so always remember it's

is a contraction which means it +is

and its is a possessive

adjective which is used to show possession

for a noun and it comes without an apostrophe

well this brings me to an end of this lesson

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