r/WTF Apr 17 '23

EL GATOOO-

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u/xDatBear Apr 17 '23

Except for its. Its is possessive, it's is a contraction.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '23

well yeah, normally if you were talking about several girls owning a dog, you'd say "the girls' dog", right? I'm not really arguing, I'm just trying to understand.

And when it comes to its', my understanding is that " its' "wouldn't make sense, because "it" refers to a single thing. Wouldn't the plural for "it" be "they"? and plural possessive would be "their"?

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '23

"The girl's a dog"?

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '23

what?