Use it's in a sentence

Answer 1

its a dog right by my house: <-------- Classic example of wrong usage of the word its.

Its is a possessive word and is used to describe something possessed by something else.

You can say:

The dog was devouring its lunch.

Answer 2

It's an abbrieviation of it is

• It's fun jumping around like a lunatic.
• It's weird seeing you like this.

Be careful not to mix up "it's" with the soundalike word "its", which is the possessive form of the pronoun "it".

> If a sentence implies possession or belonging, use ITS (no apostrophe): A pine tree keeps ITS needles. (the needles belong to the tree)

> If a sentence makes sense when written with "it is", you can also use the contraction "it's" (with an apostrophe): IT'S my party. (IT IS my party.)

Note that trying to use "it is" in the first sentence produces "A pine tree keeps IT IS needles." which is gibberish!