Its not quite clear to me what your trying to say here? Do you mean like
"my lens has lost it's cap"?
Jonas, a hobbiest
> The "it's/its" example below is not a good one, to be honest. It is one
> of the exceptions to the rules.
>
> The apostrophe is used to show a missing letter (or letters), as in "you
> are" becoming "you're" in the other example. However, it is also used
> to show the possessive form ... "Jon's OM-2n is an excellent camera".
> With "it" there is some confusion. When shortening "it is" to "it's"
> the apostrophe indicates the removed letter / space. However, when "it"
> is the owner of the OM-2n, the apostrophe is NOT used to show possession
> .... "its OM-2n is an excellent camera" NOT "it's OM-2n is an excellent
> camera".
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