What about similar oddities in English?
(This question is inspired by this comic by https://www.exocomics.com/193/ (link found by BunScientist@lemmy.zip)) Edit: it’s to its in the title. Damn autocorrect.

  • ouRKaoS@lemmy.today
    2·
    4 days ago

    I think the contraction vs possesive thing messes with me, and my brain can never settle on what goes where when, how, or why…

    • amelia@feddit.org
      8·
      4 days ago

      Just try changing it to “it is”. If the sentence still makes sense, it’s “it’s”. Otherwise it’s “its”.