It's vs Its | Contraction vs Possessive | Difference in Meaning and Grammar with Examples

Hey guys.

大家好。

Look at this sentence.

看这句话。

And now look at that sentence.

现在看看那句话。

One of them is wrong.

其中之一是错误的。

If you don't know which one is wrong, I suggest you keep watching.

如果你不知道哪个是错误的，我建议你继续看下去。

Hello guys my name is Fanny and in this video I'm gonna talk to you about a major

大家好，我的名字是范妮

，在这个视频中

我将和你们讨论

一个重大的英语拼写错误。

spelling mistake in English.

Among students, but also, among native speakers.

在学生中，也在

母语人士中。

It's a difference between 'it's' meaning 'it is'.

这是“它”与“它是”之间的区别。

And 'its' being the possessive adjective.

“它”是所有格形容词。

Okay let's and take a few sentences  and I'm sure you'll get it.

好吧，让我们看几句话

，我相信你会明白的。

So we have 'It's a sunny day'.

所以我们有“这是一个阳光灿烂的日子”。

In this case 'it's' is the verb 'to be'.

在这种情况下，“it's”是动词“to be”。

So it means 'It is a sunny day'.

所以它的意思是“这是一个阳光灿烂的日子”。

If we take the second sentence:

如果我们看第二句话：

'The dog ate its food'.

“狗吃了它的食物”。

This is not the verb 'to be'.

这不是动词“to be”。

It's the possessive adjectives  for an object or an animal.

这是 物体或动物的

所有格形容词 。

So the food belongs to the dog. It is its food.

所以食物是狗的。

这是它的食物。

Okay so these are two different cases

好吧，这是两种不同的情况

but sometimes when we write, we confuse the two,

，但有时当我们写作时，

我们会混淆两者，

and we will write the dog ate it's food with apostrophe s.

我们会

用撇号 s 来写狗吃了它的食物。

you know getting confused  between its possessive adjectives

你知道它的所有格形容词

and it's being the contraction  of the verb 'to be'.

和它是动词“to be”的缩写。

This is a very common mistake.

这是一个非常常见的错误。

if we take for example the sentence:

如果我们以这句话为例：

'Its my pen'.

“这是我的笔”。

Now look at the sentence.

现在看这句话。

What do you think?

你怎么认为？

Is this right? Or is this the wrong spelling?

这是正确的吗？

或者这是错误的拼写？

Well it's wrong.

好吧，这是错误的。

'It's my pen' is the verb 'to be'.

“这是我的笔”是动词“是”。

Now the best tip that I can give you

现在 ，如果您感到困惑，

if you get confused, try and say it with the full form.

我可以给您最好的提示

， 请尝试用完整的形式说出来。

Try and say 'It is'.

试着说“是的”。

If it makes sense, then it's the contraction of the verb 'to be'

如果它有意义，

那么它是动词“to be”的缩写，

and it should be apostrophe 's'.

并且应该是撇号“s”。

If it doesn't make sense, then it's probably the possessive adjective.

如果它没有意义，

那么它可能是所有格形容词。

So for example, I can say, 'It is a sunny day'.

例如，我可以说，“这是一个阳光灿烂的日子”。

That makes sense.

这就说得通了。

Can I say the dog ate it is food?

我能说狗吃的是食物吗？

No, I can't. that doesn't make any sense.

不，我不能。这没有任何意义。

Okay if I say, 'It's my pen',

好吧，如果我说，“这是我的笔”，

What do you think? Can I say 'It is my pen'?

你觉得怎么样？我可以说“这是我的笔”吗？

I can.

我可以。

So it's actually the  contraction of the verb 'to be'.

所以它实际上是动词“to be”的缩写。

So it should be 'it' + apostrophe 's' + my pen.

所以应该是“it”+撇号“s”+我的笔。

And just so you know one last thing.

只是为了让你知道最后一件事。

Be careful because sometimes in some cases

请小心，因为有时在某些情况下，

'it's' can also be the contraction of  the verb 'to have' and not 'to be'.

“it's”也可以是动词“to have”的缩写，

而不是“to be”的缩写。

If we take those two sentences:

如果我们用这两句话来说：

It's been great to meet you.

很高兴认识你。

It means - It has been great to meet you.

这意味着 - 很高兴认识你。

'It's got four legs' means it has got four legs.

“它有四条腿”意味着它有四条腿。

Okay so the verb in those cases is 'to have' so be careful.

好吧，这些情况下的动词是“有”，

所以要小心。

Okay guys I hope you now understand the difference

好的，

我希望你们现在明白

between the contraction of the verb 'to be' and the possessive adjective 'its'.

动词“to be”的缩写

和所有格形容词“its” 之间的 区别

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请确保您也观看其他视频。

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谢谢大家观看我的视频。

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我希望你喜欢它。

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