Apostrophe help PLEASE and QUICK

[MichaelFinnigan]

I'm writing about a chapel

'its ecclesiastical importance.....'

Apostrophe or not?

Not.

As in "its ecclesiastical importance cannot be overstated" or something? No apostrophe as it's a possessive its.

If it belongs ie his, hers, its then no.

If it is short for it is then yes.

Its is correct as you are talking about the object - as in his or her.

It's means it is.

Hope this helps!

Thank you thank you

It's the possessive that confuses me

So the tenant was responsible for its repair

Still not possessive? So no ' ?

No apostrophe.

'Its' is a possessive pronoun, like 'His' or 'her'.

'It's' is short for 'it is' or 'it has'.

No apostrophe, IT'S is a contraction of IT IS. Say the sentence with it is..you'll then know if you need an apostrophe or not.

I teach my students to ask if they could replace "its" with "his" or "her". If you could, it's a possessive its so doesn't need an apostrophe.

So: the dog chased its tail/the dog chased her tail: no apostrophe needed.