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Re:ECC matters by mark-r on Sunday January 03, 2021 @12:59PM (#25623488)
I have a simple way of remembering when to leave out the apostrophe. His, hers, its are all possessive and none of them have an apostrophe.
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Re:ECC matters by Glanford on Sunday January 03, 2021 @01:32PM (#25623798)
In this particular case 'it's' can also be possessive although it's considered non-standard, so to be correct you can always treat it like a contraction of 'it is'.
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Re:ECC matters by 8note on Monday January 04, 2021 @12:27AM (#25628164)
That would be contracting "its is"?

The ambiguity makes it hard for me to say. "It's the best" vs "its is the best"

It doesn't feel right dropping the is

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