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Old 03-05-2012, 03:38 AM   #43
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Originally Posted by Andrew H. View Post
But while the general rule is that we form the possessive by adding "'s" to the word, for whatever reason a few people decided that the way to show the possessive of "it" is to add an "s" without an apostrophe.
It's consistent in that it applies to ALL the personal pronouns: his, hers, theirs, ours, yours, its. None of them use an apostrophe.
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