There is a grammatical error in your title for this video. " It's " is a contraction meaning "It is". For the possessive, there is no apostrophe. "Gerund with ITS six functions".
@@Lingua.Franca1 I am so glad this got corrected as it's just one of those fiddly, slightly counter-intuitive aspects of written English. Interestingly in usage in the 17th century this was less consistent and the forms can be alternated, even on the same page of printed text! Obviously in modern English it is much more settled but still quite hard to acquire - possessive pronouns - his, hers, theirs, its - don't need an apostrophe.
Thank you for being receptive. This is one of those niggling little unique rules in English, one that is misused so much nowadays that it's rarely recognized anymore.
There is a grammatical error in your title for this video. " It's " is a contraction meaning "It is". For the possessive, there is no apostrophe. "Gerund with ITS six functions".
You are right. Thanks for pointing it out!
@@Lingua.Franca1 I am so glad this got corrected as it's just one of those fiddly, slightly counter-intuitive aspects of written English. Interestingly in usage in the 17th century this was less consistent and the forms can be alternated, even on the same page of printed text! Obviously in modern English it is much more settled but still quite hard to acquire - possessive pronouns - his, hers, theirs, its - don't need an apostrophe.
Thank you for being receptive. This is one of those niggling little unique rules in English, one that is misused so much nowadays that it's rarely recognized anymore.