I'm having an 'its' problem - Please clarify it for me?

[KatyMac]

the setting requires that it?s day-to-day management needs to be delegated safely to a suitably qualified person

I put the apostrophe in its because doesn't the day-to-day management belong to the setting?

Or not?

Not with a possessive 'its' - it works like 'his' or 'hers' or 'ours'.

You DO need one for 'it's' = 'it is', to show omission.

HTH!

no

No apostrophe on "its" unless you are shortening "it is" to "it's".

wot raven said

OK - don't understand but will use as MN has said its right (is that right?)

I think it should be its becuase if the setting was he or she, then the management would be his or her iyswim?

the woman requires that her day to day management etc

I think

no - MN has said it's right

No, sorry! You DO need one for 'it's right' short for 'it is right', because it shows a missing letter.

Basically, you only need an apostrophe in 'its' if it's short for 'it is'.

Poop - I will never understand english

Never mind - I can do math

Exactly as ravenAK just said.

but while we're in pedants' corner, you don't need a question mark at the end of your title- It's an imperative, not a question !

Is it?

What's that then?

(are they questions?)

You wait until you lot need maths homework done

you aren't asking if we can clarify it. you are saying "clarify it"
that isn't a question, and doesn't need a question mark.

it's only has an apostrophe if it is short for "it is" the apostrophe is marking the abbreviation.

"Not with a possessive 'its' - it works like 'his' or 'hers' or 'ours'."

I've just been re-reading Sense & Sensibility & noticed that Jane Austen puts an apostrophe in her's.
Which seems to indicate that dropping it is a relatvely modern thing (or that JA was just as confused as Katymac....)

I thought I said
please clarify it(the problem) for me

So isn't
please clarify the problem for me

a question? (it sounds like a question)

It would be a question if you said 'Can you please clarify it for me?'.

But 'Clarify it for me' is just a statement saying 'Do this!' not asking us if we will or not!! Albeit politely!

I'm sticking with Trig & quadratics - this English stuff is HARD

With who and wotsits now?!

I'm actually waiting for someone to come and tell me I'm wrong!

It's been a long time since I did any writing I had to think about. These days its all MN and...um...thats it really

It is fairly modern that 'its' is regarded as a possessive pronoun, I think.

Actually I think I should've said like 'her' or 'our' not 'hers' or 'ours' - it would be 'The cat ate its dinner' OR 'The cat ate her dinner', NOT 'The cat ate hers dinner' after all!

(Confusing myself now - oh dear...)