What is the difference between its and it's?
Its (without an apostrophe) indicates possession. Contrary to common possession rules in English, the apostrophe is dropped in its. 

It's is a contraction, a shortened form of it is or it has.
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### Instruction: What is the difference between its and it's?
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### Response: Its (without an apostrophe) indicates possession. Contrary to common possession rules in English, the apostrophe is dropped in its. 

It's is a contraction, a shortened form of it is or it has.</s>