possessive its

Is its or it's possessive? scribbr.com. Its (without an apostrophe) is the possessive form of it, so it means “belonging to it.” “The cat ate its food.” It’s (with an apostrophe) is a contraction (shortened form) of it is or it has.

Is its or it's possessive? scribbr.com
Is its or it's possessive? scribbr.com from www.englishoutsidethebox.com

As a possessive pronoun instead of a possessive determiner, its means “its ones”, and is marked “rare” in the ᴏᴇᴅ. Here are some other examples taken from Google Books: I was.

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