6. Which of the following sentences contains correct usage of its/it's?
A. Its only a game.
B. Let's go out on Friday; it's my birthday!
C. The dog chased it's tail until it got dizzy.
D. My grandmother always said, "Its not if you win or lose, but how you play the game."
I KNOW ITS NOT C BUT I DON'T GET IT
C is not correct.
It's means it is or it has.
Its is the possessive pronoun; i.e., The dog wagged its tail.
I picked B
Its B
To determine the correct usage of its/it's in the given sentences, we need to understand the difference between the two.
"Its" is a possessive pronoun that shows ownership or belonging to something. It does not have an apostrophe.
"It's" is a contraction of "it is" or "it has" and contains an apostrophe.
Let's analyze each sentence to identify the correct usage:
A. "Its only a game."
This sentence is incorrect because it should be "It's" instead of "Its." The correct sentence would be "It's only a game," meaning "It is only a game."
B. "Let's go out on Friday; it's my birthday!"
This sentence is correct. "It's" is the contraction of "it is" in this case, and the sentence means "Let us go out on Friday; it is my birthday!"
C. "The dog chased it's tail until it got dizzy."
This sentence is incorrect because it should be "its" instead of "it's." The correct sentence would be "The dog chased its tail until it got dizzy," referring to the possession of the dog's tail.
D. "My grandmother always said, 'Its not if you win or lose, but how you play the game.'"
This sentence is correct. "Its" is used correctly here to indicate possession, meaning "It is not if you win or lose, but how you play the game."
So, the correct sentence with the proper usage of its/it's is B: "Let's go out on Friday; it's my birthday!"