when describing possession, should you say it's or its..?

Question

example: "The Amazon Rainforest gets it's name from the Amazon River"... or "The Amazon Rainforest gets its name from the Amazon River."

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"The Amazon Rainforest is a great natural resource to it's surrounding communities" or "The Amazon Rainforest is a great natural resource to its surrounding communities."

Word keeps telling me using it's is wrong ... but I thought if you are using possession you should use it's.... right?

or not..???

Answer 1

The Amazon Rainforest gets its name from the Amazon River."

Answer 2

Usually posession makes an apostrophe crucial (ex: Tommy's bike), but in the case of "it," when you use an apostrophe it is a contraction of it is.
So,...
It's so beautiful!
Its legs were long.

Answer 3

The Amazon Rainforest gets its name...
is correct.

"it's" is a contraction for "it is," and is not possessive.
"its" is the possessive form.

If you forget, remember that
* "whose" and "its" are both possessive.
* "who's" and "it's" are both contractions
(for "who is" and "it is").
Both of these "look" possessive, but they are contractions, similar to "he's" and "she's" (for "he is" and "she is").

Answer 4

Think of it this way: it's actually mean it is. If the sentence sounds right by using it is, then you have selected correctly. Otherwise, use its.

Answer 5

In that sense you use 'its' with no apostrophe.

It is a possessive adjective, the same as 'her' or 'his'.
Just as there is no apostrophe in 'his' there is no apostrophe in 'its'.

The apostrophe is used only when "it's" means "it is".

Answer 6

Possession is "its." "It's" is the conjunction of "it is" (non-possessive). With a name or object (the dog's toy), you use " 's," stating possession.

Answer 7

when using posesive form of I-T-S you always use 'its' because 'it's' is a contaction for 'it is'

Answer 8

its it's =it is
it follows different spelling rules

Answer 9

its it's = it is