Since then, Mythos and it’s safeguard-heavy equivalent
The simple "it's" vs. "its" rule is this:
If you can replace it with "it is" and it sounds weird, it's "its", otherwise it's "it's". In other words, "it's" is 100% of the time an abbreviation of "it is" (or, rarely, "it has"); it's not a possessive form.
Which is of course internally-inconsistent; I say "Peter's toys", not "Peters toys", but we say "its toys" to mean the same thing. /shrug
I only tell you this because I screwed it up for years before looking up the rule and going "... Oh. Duh. But also... Fucking hell, English!" ;)
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The simple "it's" vs. "its" rule is this:
If you can replace it with "it is" and it sounds weird, it's "its", otherwise it's "it's". In other words, "it's" is 100% of the time an abbreviation of "it is" (or, rarely, "it has"); it's not a possessive form.
Which is of course internally-inconsistent; I say "Peter's toys", not "Peters toys", but we say "its toys" to mean the same thing. /shrug
I only tell you this because I screwed it up for years before looking up the rule and going "... Oh. Duh. But also... Fucking hell, English!" ;)