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Replace "it's" with "its" where it is possessive#503

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When "its" means something belonging to it, we omit its apostrophe. This is an incredibly confusing rule, but it's the rule :-)

More info: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/it-s-or-its

When "its" means something belonging to it, we omit its apostrophe.
This is an incredibly confusing rule, but it's the rule :-)

More info: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/it-s-or-its
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Hi @andybalaam, thanks for catching those typos :-)

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@jeertmans jeertmans merged commit 6ea260f into maciejhirsz:master Sep 12, 2025
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