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Published 21 July, 2011

Spelling tip: Apostrophes in pronouns are always contractions, not possessives

If you have trouble keeping pronoun forms like its vs it's straight, try to remember:<br /> There are no apostrophes in possessive pronouns.<br /> my, your, his, her, its, our, your, their, whose<br /> An apostrophe in a pronoun always marks a contraction.<br /> I'm = I am, you're = you are, he's = he is, she's = she is, it's = it is, we're = we are, you're = you are, they're = they are, who's = who is<br /> So if you would not write 'He's dog was friendly', don't write 'It wagged it's tail', either.

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