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#189
Originally Posted by russell_t View Post
"It's" is a contraction, short for "it is." So this reads, "I called the device out on it is weaknesses."

"Its" is a possessive pronoun, as in "that which belongs to it" where "it" in this case is the device.

"It's" is often incorrectly used where "its" should be used since its ("it's") contraction of "it is" is not possessive.
"John's house" is proper. "It's weaknesses" seems to make sense, except that it is not correct due to the irrationality of the English language. I personally use "it's" as the possessive in protest of the a fore mentioned irrationality. This guy gives you plenty of fodder, there is no need to go anal retentive over the grammatical irregularities of the language!