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Rule "its vs. it's"

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Description: its vs. it's
Message: Did you mean it's (short for 'it is') instead of 'its' (possessive pronoun)?
Category: Possible Typo (ID: TYPOS)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/word-choice-its/
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Its where people walk around.
    Correction suggestion: It's
  • ... and ultimately its each to their own, but having thought about...
    Correction suggestion: it's
  • Of course, you know its each and every day that this problem occurs.
    Correction suggestion: it's
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • It has not yet found its way either into the pharmacopoeia.
  • Its vs. It's
  • London is counting iconic landmarks such as the Houses of Parliament, Tower Bridge and Buckingham Palace amongst its many attractions.
  • The Service has not said what its next step will be.
  • But mostly, I feel it because I see its poison working its way out of me and on to those around me as repercussions of my actions.
  • London is a necropolis, its every corner the site of a murder, its soil a pudding of blood and tears.
  • India is aiming to launch Chandrayaan-2, its first attempt to reach the moon.
  • Leading its first rally it went off the road...
  • ... into the American Le Mans Series; which ran its first season in 1999, the European races...
  • Its exponentially larger development at the end of the...
  • ..2013, Durham's Chester-le-Street ground will host its first Ashes Test match.
  • ... a brain which uses its each and every part in the smallest action we do.
  • CAPCO being an investment group uses its each bit of work on email...
  • It puts its all into it.
  • Wednesday had the company expanding its Half.com division to consumer electronics and sporting goods from books, music, movies and video games.
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ID: IT_IS [25]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-28 22:33:06 +0200)