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Often-misspelled possessive
Answer for the clue "Often-misspelled possessive ", 3 letters:
its
Alternative clues for the word its
Word definitions for its in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
neuter possessive pronoun; the modern word begins to appear in writing at the end of 16c., from it + genitive/possessive ending 's (q.v.), and "at first commonly written it's, a spelling retained by some to the beginning of the 19c." [OED]. The apostrophe ...
Usage examples of its.
A volley of gunfire tore into the Aberrant creature and it squawked in fury, but it would not let go of its prize.
For every hundred useless aberrations there may be one that is useful, that provides its bearer an advantage over its kin.
According to it, the Franks, uniting with the barons of Antioch and its fiefs, abetted by certain Knights Templars and whatever forces could be recruited in Tripoli and Jerusalem, would go against Islam in the east and north, rescue Edessa, and repair the bulwarks of Antioch against the danger of invasion.
On this occasion it was unlocked, and Marian was about to rush forward in eager anticipation of a peep at its interior, when, child as she was, the reflection struck her that she would stand abetter chance of carrying her point by remaining perdue.
Beauty is abidingly self-enfolded but its lovers, the Many, loving it as an entire, possess it as an entire when they attain, for it was an entire that they loved.
I was scooting my chair on its track back and forth along the row of sensor consoles that reported and recorded a variety of basic abiotic data.
Holy Tribunal presented Galileo its draft text of an abjuration for him to speak aloud.
Ottomans and center of the silk trade, its quiet, declining streets abloom with minarets and cypress trees.
She went into the ablutions area and took a shower, trying to ignore the thing, which continued to watch her, or she presumed it was watching her, through its unblinking golden eye-slit.