Grammar Nazis
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 1:30 pm
I've been trying to figure out what's wrong with using an ' to show possession with the word it. As in: I'm sick of it's shit. I found this rule
This makes sense with this example where the noun comes before the possessive word.
book is hers, book is his, book is its, book is ours, book is yours, book is whose.
But i found that these word differ when using the noun after the possessive word.
his shit, hers shit, its shit, theirs shit, ours shit, yours shit, whose shit.
As you see only his its and whose work this way. But "his" is actually "him" as in him and her and i have no idea why it isn't hims and hers. And whose is given an e on the end for some reason i don't get. But since who is an uncertainty i would actually concider it some thing that can't possess some thing. To say this is who's shit would imply that it belongs to some one with the name who. Like a certain first base man. But it stands out as quite different and i would argue that it's proper usage when it's used before the noun would be to give it, it's apostrophy.
Code: Select all
Rule 9
Never use an apostrophe with possessive pronouns: his, hers, its, theirs, ours, yours, whose. They already show possession so they do not require an apostrophe.
Correct:
This book is hers, not yours.
Incorrect:
Sincerely your's.book is hers, book is his, book is its, book is ours, book is yours, book is whose.
But i found that these word differ when using the noun after the possessive word.
his shit, hers shit, its shit, theirs shit, ours shit, yours shit, whose shit.
As you see only his its and whose work this way. But "his" is actually "him" as in him and her and i have no idea why it isn't hims and hers. And whose is given an e on the end for some reason i don't get. But since who is an uncertainty i would actually concider it some thing that can't possess some thing. To say this is who's shit would imply that it belongs to some one with the name who. Like a certain first base man. But it stands out as quite different and i would argue that it's proper usage when it's used before the noun would be to give it, it's apostrophy.
