help! which of the following means "belonging to them"?

Question

they're or their or neither one?
which of the following shows the correct possessive form of "it"?
its or its' or it's?

Answer 1

they're is a contraction for 'they are'
their shows posession

Answer 2

They're is a contraction for they are. When deciding if that is right, expand it and put it in a sentence:

"They had to move all of they are luggage to the van."

Obviously that doesn't make sense, so the correct answer is "their".

Same with "it's". "It's" is a contraction for "it is". Pronouns do not form possessives like nouns do (with an apostrophe); they have their own forms. Put it in a sentence: "The dog was wagging it is tail." Nope; has to be its.

Answer 3

If something belongs to them, it is their item. Yes, they're in command of the object. However, when it has an object, it is its object.

It's the difference between the possessive pronouns (which don't have apostrophes) and the pronoun contractions (which do).

Answer 4

I'm not helping on the second one but for your first question the answer is Their. They're is a compund form of they are, and the other on, spelled "there", is for saying where someone is.

Answer 5

belonging to them-their

possesive form of it-it's

Answer 6

theirs

This red truck belongs to the Smith family, it's theirs.

Answer 7

"Their". "They're" is ONLY short for "they are", it's not possessive.

The correct possessive form of "it" is "its". Again, "it's" is ONLY short for "it is".

Answer 8

Theirs - belong to them
They're - they are
its - belong to it
it's - it is

Answer 9

its is the correct answer.
for future reference, it's is a conjunction meaning it is and its' doesn't exist

Answer 10

THEIR is the word. Like in: This is their car.