<p>I have been studying the blue book, and I have found that the CollegeBoard always says that "it's" is the correct form to use for a possessive term. For instance:</p>
<p>It's claw ripped the paper.</p>
<p>However, all other sources have claimed that it's is incorrect in this use, and that "its" should be used, reserving the use of "it's" for contracting "it is". Thus:</p>
<p>Its claw ripped the paper.
-and-
It's a sunny day today.</p>
<p>Which is the correct usage of its/it's?</p>
<p>" It's claw ripped the paper"..........this is INCORRECT. </p>
<p>"It's" always refers to " It is".</p>
<p>the correct sentence is....</p>
<p>"Its claw ripped the paper".</p>
<p>@buzzer--where does the blue book say that?</p>
<p>College Board's the Official SAT Study Guide says that it's is possessive every time a question like that comes up... and that has been two or three times already.</p>
<p>you'llsee is correct. I would contact College Board about that.</p>
<p>The possessive its never splits.</p>
<p>buzzer, do you have a page number for where they say that? i tried to find it by skimming but couldn't.</p>
<p>p.480 #28 is one example.</p>
<p>huh--in my copy, "its" appears without an apostrophe, which is the correct form. (actually, the right word in the sentence there would be "their," but it's the possessive.) does "its" have an apostrophe in your copy?</p>
<p>but the answer is C, meaning "its" is wrong, and that it should be "it's".</p>
<p>That is definitely wrong. No doubt about it. Its is possessive, and It's means "it is." It's good that you pointed this out, though.</p>
<p>You're misinterpreting the answer to question 28 on page 480. The correct answer is NOT "it's". The correct pronoun should be "their" because the pronoun is referring to "vitamins", not "quality". Quality can't have potency. In this sentence only vitamins can have potency. It's a tough question with a very subtle antecedent for the pronoun...most of my students miss it, too.</p>
<p>Hope that helps.</p>
<p>The SAT does not test possessives. Not yet, anyway.</p>
<p>yeah, that's why i was so confused when i heard you guys talking about the its/it's thing.</p>
<p>Buzzer, the answer should be "their" not it's. It's an antecedent problem. :o</p>