What Is The Difference Between “It’s” And “Its”?

Mixing up it’s and its is an extremely common English grammar mistake. Its is a possessive determiner. It’s is a contraction of “it is” or “it has.”

So when to use is or its? 

Use “its” when you need a possessive pronoun, which is a pronoun that can take the place of a noun phrase to show ownership.

For Example:

He didn’t like the book overall, even though its story was amazing.

Use “it’s” When you shorten a word or group of words you call it a contraction. The word it’s is a contraction of it is or it has.

For Example:

He misplaced her book, but he thinks it’s in the car.

How to Remember the Difference between it’s and its?

Possessive pronouns don’t have and use apostrophes. So Whenever you wish to make a contraction of either “it is” or “it has,” you use an apostrophe.

Difference between Its and It’s

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