Correction: Its vs It's vs Its': When to Use Each
Corrected by Emir Baycan · Full-Stack Developer, Mobile App Builder and Web Platform Founder with expertise in SEO, automation, SaaS, AI visibility, DevOps and scalable digital products
Emir Baycan found something wrong, outdated, or unsupported on this page and proposed a fix. The publisher accepted the correction.
- Role
- Correction
- Publisher
- Evolang
- Topic
- Grammar Guide
- Status
- Accepted
- Date
- 19 July 2026
The exact change
"Grammar rules are not arbitrary. They are patterns. When you see the pattern that grammar is following, the rule makes sense and stops being something you have to memorize." Stephen Pinker, The Sense of Style
Grammar rules are not arbitrary; they are patterns. Once you see the pattern that grammar is following, the rule makes sense and stops being something you have to memorize by rote.
Why this is better
The author's name is misspelled as "Stephen Pinker"; the real cognitive scientist and author of The Sense of Style is Steven Pinker (verified via Penguin Random House, Amazon, and the author's own sit
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