It's vs. its redux

[Joe Sokohl <jsokohl -at- CAMPBELLSOFT -dot- COM>]

     One recent post claimed that _it's_ as a possessive is logical (yet
     incorrect). I'd suggest that, if _it's_ is logical, then so are _hi's_
     and _her's_ as third-person possessives...which of course they aren't.
     Indeed, _its_ as a possessive seems quite logical to me, because of
     its relationship to other third-person possessive pronouns:

          its relates to his and hers
          it's equates to "it is" in a contracted form

     Something like that....just a thought.

     joe
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