On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 06:25:06 +0100 Ronnie Clark wrote:
}
} The use of its' (sic) is incorrect. Even "it's" would be incorrect in this
} case as for some bizarre reason which no one has ever explained, "its", in
} possessive pronoun form (ie, the dog wags its tail) has no apostrophe.

Neither his nor hers has an apostrophe. Yours doesn't and mine doesn't.
While theirs too has a conspicuous absence of them.

Why then should its not having one be bizarre?

Matthew
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