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Question 2
Which of the following sentences are grammatically correct? (Select all that apply.)
The dog took its bone and ran into the house.
The dog took it's bone and ran into the doghouse.
The dog took its' bone and ran into the doghouse.
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Answer:  The correct answer is:
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 Choice: [A]:  " The dog took its bone and ran into the house. "
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Explanation:

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Take note of the following text of:
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  Choice [B]:  " The dog took it's bone and ran into the dog house."

 {Note: This answer choice is incorrect.}.  

 Note the contraction:  " it's " ;  

           → is used only in place of:  " it is " — or; " it has. "

For: Choice: [B]:  

Note that replacing given word:  
  " it's " — with:  " it is " ; or:
             — with:  " it has "

           →  do not make sense.
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Note:  For the given information in:
             Answer Choice:  [B]:
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→  " The dog took it's {sic} bone and ran into the doghouse."
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First:  Let's replace the " it's" with: Both:" it is " ; and:  
                                                with:  " it has" .
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→   "{ The dog took it is bone and ran into the doghouse."}.
→   "{ The dog took it has bone and ran into the doghouse."}.
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{Note: This does not only make sense within conversation—{nor, for that matter—in written from—but furthermore is not "grammatically correct"—{since inserting a "conjugated verb with a subject"}—such as:
  → " it has" ; or;
  → " it is " ;  [especially within an already written sentence with a clear "subject or subject pronoun"— along with a correspording "predicate."}.

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So, we can Rule out:  "Answer Choice:  [B]."

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Now:  Let's check:  Choice:  [C]:
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" The dog took its' bone and ran into the doghouse."

→  {Note: This answer choice is incorrect.}.  

Note:  We never use the "word" — its' {sic} —under any circumstances—even to denote a "possessive sense"—and NOT as a "contraction."
       → One does NOT use any:  {"contraction(s) / apostrophes"} ;

                         → even to denote a "{possessive sense."}.

To the contrary, in ^these situations:

       → We simply write the word as:  " its " .
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→  which explains why:  

→ Answer Choice:  [A]: " The dog took its bone and ran into house."
               →  is the correct answer!
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{Personal note of advice:  For academic and formal writng:
  For:  "it is" ; or: "it has" ; always write the words.
And, on that note:   Also contractions should be written out.
For example: "can't" should be written as:  "cannot" (one word).
 The word:  "won't" ; should be:  "will not."
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Put simply:
 In formal or academic writing—avoid all contractions—[unless you are quoting a source that contains contractions.]/
  When trying to write:  " it is " ;  or, " it has " ;  do not use:  " it's " ;  just write the actual words.  When trying to write:  " its " —in a "possessive sense" — simply write:  "  its " .
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Hope this answer—and lengthy explanation—is helpful!
Best wishes!
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