Revised 07152008 POSTROPHE ROUBLEIts or Its Whose or Whos Your or Youre There Their or Theyre The difference possessive versus contractions Whose car is that The car belongs to Gary Who is an a ID: 892998
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www.vanderbilt.edu/writing Revised 07/15/2008 POSTROPHE ROUBLEIts or Its? Whose or Whos? Your or Youre? There, Their or Theyre? The difference: possessive versus contractions Whose car is that? The car belongs to Gary. Who is (an apostrophe replaces the i in is) Its/Its Its the cat purring. (it is: contraction) Whose/Whos Your/Youre Is that your cat? (to whom Youre the owner of that cat? (who is: contraction) When in doubt, rephrase! When in doubt, rephrase! a being phrase, [blank] is; 2. of the [blank], no apostrophe; 2. of the [blank], no apostrophe; Proofread any piece of writing one time through solely for instances of such words. The first indicates place or location: Put the box over The second indicates possession: The third is a contraction for they are: in the kitchen. (contraction) putting