Nancy Young wrote:
> "Blinky the Shark" > wrote
>
>> Nancy Young wrote:
>
>>> I have its it's issues. I can't get it that the possessive doesn't have
>>> an apostrophe. Why???? Heh.
>> Do these *other* possessive pronouns have an apostrophe?
>>
>> hers
>> theirs
>> yours
>> ours
>>
>> No.
>>
>> "Its" isn't even an exception; it illustrates the *norm*.
>
> Do you say hers hats? Hers rock?
>
> nancy
>
>


The hats belong to her. They are hers.
She found the rock. It is hers, not his.

gloria p