What kind of noun is its?

Answer 1

The word its is not a noun. The word its (no apostrophe) is a pronoun, a possessive pronoun and a possessive adjective.

A possessive adjective is placed before a noun to show possession of the noun that follows.

example: The book was half price because its cover was torn.

A possessive pronoun takes the place of a noun that belongs to the antecedent.

example: Its was the only cover with damage.

The pronoun its is the possessive form of the personal pronoun it, a word that takes the place of a noun for a specific thing.

example: This is an interesting book. It is the same book even with a torn cover.

The form it's (with apostrophe) is a contraction, a shortened form for the pronoun it and the verb is. The contraction it'sfunctions as the subject and verb (or auxiliary verb) of a sentence or clause.

example: It's the same book even with a torn cover.