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						The 
						
							possessive form
						
						 of the personal pronouns and the possessive form of the
						pronoun 
						
							who
						
						 are never written with an apostrophe. These pronouns have a special
						form to show possession and do not require an apostrophe. Do not place an
						apostrophe either before or after the 
						
							s
						
						 in any of these words. The correct forms to use in order to show possession
						are the following:
						 
 
						The word 
						
							it's
						
						 is a contraction of 
						
							it is.
						
						 It is not a form of the pronoun, and
						should never be used to show possession. The word 
						
							who's
						
						 is a contraction of 
						
							who is
						
						 or 
						
							who has,
						
						 and should not be confused with the possessive form whose. 
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