PH spelling police - Answer required

[theboyfold]

Which of the following is right and why?

Don't be fooled by it's size

or

Don't be fooled by its size

[Cock Womble]

Its.

[Dave^]

theboyfold said:

Which of the following is right and why?

Don't be fooled by it's size

or

Don't be fooled by its size

I believe it's the latter...

PS - It's the grammar police you need, not the spelling police...

[bonsai]

theboyfold said:

Which of the following is right and why?
Don't be fooled by its size

Its is used to denote possession so no need for the apostrophe.

You would need the ' if it was, for example, Sarah's size.

[ProfessorPeach]

Its.

No apostrophe's for possessive pronoun's.

[theboyfold]

Thank you

As you were!

[Deva Link]

More simply, "it's" is short for "it is"

"Don't be fooled by it is size" doesn't make sense, so therefore "its" is correct.

[Cock Womble]

In what context are we talking here?

I'm trying to think of a situation where a chap would say "don't be fooled by its size..."

[Dave^]

Cock Womble said:

In what context are we talking here?

I'm trying to think of a situation where a chap would say "don't be fooled by its size..."

Mx5?

[Simpo Two]

ProfessorPeach said:

No apostrophe's for possessive pronoun's.

I sincerely hope that's a joke...

[Neil H]

ProfessorPeach said:

Its.

No apostrophe's for possessive pronoun's.

I see's what you did there!

[theboyfold]

Cock Womble said:

In what context are we talking here?

I'm trying to think of a situation where a chap would say "don't be fooled by its size..."

Haha! If I did tell you it would be a) very boring and too long to tap out on a phone and b) not as interesting as you might think!

There is a special prize for anybody who finds the reason I'm asking before 5.30pm on Thursday!!

[bonsai]

theboyfold said:

Cock Womble said:

In what context are we talking here?

I'm trying to think of a situation where a chap would say "don't be fooled by its size..."

Haha! If I did tell you it would be a) very boring and too long to tap out on a phone and b) not as interesting as you might think!

There is a special prize for anybody who finds the reason I'm asking before 5.30pm on Thursday!!

You're talking about the size of your 1 man IT support company.

[theboyfold]

bonsai said:

theboyfold said:

Cock Womble said:

In what context are we talking here?

I'm trying to think of a situation where a chap would say "don't be fooled by its size..."

Haha! If I did tell you it would be a) very boring and too long to tap out on a phone and b) not as interesting as you might think!

There is a special prize for anybody who finds the reason I'm asking before 5.30pm on Thursday!!

You're talking about the size of your 1 man IT support company.

nope. But that's quite a clever answer!

[ProfessorPeach]

The Tardis?

[eldar]

Got to be a tree.

[shakotan]

Simpo Two said:

ProfessorPeach said:

No apostrophe's for possessive pronoun's.

I sincerely hope that's a joke...

I sincerely hope that was a joke!