What is the difference between its and it?

Answer 1

"It" is a nominative pronoun like I, you, we, he, she and they. It is the third person singular neuter which means you use it when you are talking about a single thing which doesn't have a sex. E.g. "It is a coffee table"

"It" is also the accusitive pronoun like me, you, us, her and him. E.g. "Put the coffee pot down on it."

"Its" (never ever EVER put an apostrophe in it--that's a totally different word) is a possessive pronoun like my, your, our, hers and his. "E.g. I think you'll like this coffee table. Its legs are made of hand-lathed maple and its surface is oak, with maple inlay." The legs and surface belong to the coffee table, hence the use of the possessive pronoun.