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it's his money personal pronoun so use apstrophe in it's


its a CD not personal pronoun so no apstrophe.

is this statemant true.

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it's his money personal pronoun so use apstrophe in it's


its a CD not personal pronoun so no apstrophe.

is this statemant true.

thank you

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Not exactly, I'm afraid...
The first example: It's his money: 'It's' is a contraction for It is, hence the apostrophe, It - a personal pronoun, is - a verb, It's - the contracted form, the presesnce of the possessive his has nothing to do with it.

It's a CD requires an apostrophe for exactly the same reason...

Its, without an apostrophe, is a pssessive of it, just like in the following example:

It's a huge estate; its perimeter measures over 100 miles.

Hope the above helps.

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