Correction Grammar Guide
Its vs It's vs Its': When to Use Each
Clear guide to its vs it's with substitution test, comparison tables, edge cases, and practice sentences for professional and academic writing.
The exact change
Before
"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
After
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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