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In the simplest terms, its tells us the ownership or qualities of something. It is used as a possessive pronoun in a similar way to words like my, his, her, our and their. People often get confused when trying to decide whether to use its or it's.

Its — without the apostrophe — is the possessive form. Its with no apostrophe, on the other hand, is the possessive word, like his and her, for nouns without gender. For example, the sun was so bright, its rays blinded me. Its is the possessive form of it. it's (with an apostrophe) is always short for it is (it's so fun) or it has (it's been nice knowing you). But, you might ask, don't apostrophes show possession, as.