Its

It(')s has an interesting history. When I was in school I was taught that there are two forms of the word it(')s its - possessive it's - contraction of it is If I were in school and mixed up these two I would be admonished. There's a part of my brain I will never be able to exorcise the belief that confusing these two spellings is a sign of poor grammar. But equally, my brain never liked the…