My exasperatingly-beautiful editor wife has observed my use of “its” as a substitute for “it’s” makes me look foolish (or adds to this appearance, anyway). I replied that I’d once seen official word from the All-High Grammar Police that such use is now acceptable. Now, however, I cannot cite any references for this proclamation, but plenty that say I’m Doing It (or is it it’s?) Wrong.
In an effort to curry favor with the aforementioned grammar police, MT.Net will resume using “it’s” wherever appropriate.
It’s a puzzlement that its posses unique rules…
It’s very simple: read your sentence and say “it is” in place of “its”. If that substitution makes sense, then you should have used “it’s” instead.
Its going to rain.
It is going to rain.
It’s going to rain.
I don’t care if the Grammar Police say that its [sic] now acceptable; they’re only justifying ignorance and/or laziness.