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It's.
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With an apostrophe or without.
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With an apostrophe, it's just a contraction
of two words: ‘it is’.
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It's hot.
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It is hot.
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It's complicated.
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It is complicated.
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Without an S, it shows possession of an object
that's not male or female.
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For example, ‘cheese’.
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“The cheese is past its expiration date.”
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The expiration date of the cheese.
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Its, no apostrophe.
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“The cheese is past its expiration date.”
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If you want a quick rule, just think to yourself,
can I say this sentence with ‘it is’ instead
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of ‘its’?
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If the answer is yes, use an apostrophe.
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If the answer is no, for example: “The cheese
is past it is expiration date.
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No, that doesn't make sense.
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Therefore, no apostrophe.
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