Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
- A. Its raining and the dog has lost its collar.
- B. It's raining and the dog has lost it's collar.
- C. It's raining and the dog has lost its collar.
- D. Its' raining and the dog has lost its' collar.
Explanation
It's with an apostrophe is only ever the contraction of it is or it has, while its without one is the possessive. Expanding the contraction mentally settles every case: it is raining works, but the dog has lost it is collar does not. Its' is not a word at all.