Contraction or Possessive Pronoun

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ContractionorPossessive Pronoun?
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Its / Its

• Congratulations, Mrs. Smith, its a boy!... Its
  a girl!... Its a boy!... Its a girl!... Holy
  cow, its quadruplets!
• Contraction or Possessive Pronoun ?
• 2. You took the chair to the hospital?
• Yes, one of its legs was broken.
• Contraction or Possessive Pronoun ?

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Yikes!

• Sorry! In the sentence Its a baby! the word
  its is a contraction. The apostrophe ( ) in
  the middle signals that the words it is are
  contracted
• it is gt it s gt its
• With that in mind, lets try Question 2.

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Yes!

• Correct! Its is a contraction for it is.
• In the same way, Its a boy!... Its a girl!
  could be re-phrased as Hes he is a boy!
  Shes she is a girl!
• Now lets try Question 2.

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Yikes!

• Sorry! In the sentence One of its legs was
  broken, the word its is a possessive pronoun.
• Similarly, if a person (instead of an object) was
  involved, you would say one of his legs was
  broken or one of her legs was broken.
• With that in mind, lets try Question 3.

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Yes!

• Correct! In the sentence One of its legs was
  broken, the word its is a possessive pronoun,
  much like his legs or her legs.
• Now lets move on to Question 3.

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Your / Youre

• Your taxi has arrived, sir... Did you wish to
  take it the airport?
• Thats okay, Ill just eat it here.
• Contraction or Possessive Pronoun ?
• 4. Hey, you! Call me a taxi!
• Okay Youre a taxi.
• Contraction or Possessive Pronoun ?

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Yikes!

• Sorry! The your in your taxi is not a
  contraction, but a possessive pronoun, as may be
  seen below
• My taxi, your taxi, his taxi, her taxi,
• and so forth.
• With that in mind, try Question 4.

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Yes!

• Correct. The your in your taxi is a possessive
  pronoun. Other such pronouns include
• My taxi, your taxi, his taxi, her taxi,
• our taxi, their taxi, and even its taxi
• Youre that is, you are doing great! Now try
  Question 4.

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Yikes!

• Sorry! In the joking reply Okay Youre a taxi,
  the word youre is a contraction for the words
  you are, as shown below
• You are gt you re gt youre
• Dont let yourself get discouraged! After all,
  youre you are learning how to recognize
  contractions.
• With that in mind, on to Question 5.

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Yes!

• Youre correct!
• In the joking reply Okay Youre a taxi, the
  word youre is a contraction for the words you
  are.
• On to Question 5.

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Their / Theyre

• 5. Theyre ready to go. If they leave now, they
  will be there in half an hour
• Contraction or Possessive Pronoun ?
• 6. Their bus is ready to go now, but itll take
  half an hour for it to get there.
• Contraction or Possessive Pronoun ?

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Where?There!

• Congratulations! You cleverly noticed yet another
  homonym for their and theyre.
• These three words there, their, and theyre
  all sound the same, but each one has a distinctly
  different meaning.
• Now lets get back to their and theyre.

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Yikes!

• Sorry! Theyre is a contraction for they are.
• In other words, Theyre ready to go means They
  are ready to go.
• When youre you are ready to proceed, go on to
  Question 6.

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Yes!

• Correct! Theyre is indeed the contraction for
  they are.
• with Question 6.

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Yikes!

• Sorry! Their bus means the bus belonging to
  them. In other words, their is a possessive
  pronoun.
• Lets try to clear up any confusion you have with
  the Concluding Summary.

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Yes!

• Excellent! Their bus implies that they rode on
  or possessed the bus.
• In other words, their is a possessive pronoun.
• On to the handy Concluding Summary.

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Conclusion

• Possessive pronouns Its, your, their
• These indicate possession.
• Contractions Its, youre, theyre
• These combine two words, the second of which is a
  form of the verb be (such as is or are), which
  are shortened (contracted) by an apostrophe