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Which homophones correctly complete this sentence?

own bed when
Each of our dogs curls up in
sleeping.
A. it's; its
B. its; its
C. it's; it's
D. its; it's

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Answer:

D. its; it's

Step-by-step explanation:

A sentence can be defined as a group of words that comprises of both a subject and predicate used to convey a logical information. Sentences are classified into four (4) main categories and these includes;

I. Simple sentence.

II. Compound sentence.

III. Complex sentence.

IV. Compound-Complex sentence.

A homophone can be defined as two or more words having the same pronunciation but different in spellings, origin or meaning.

In English language, its is simply a possessive determiner used to depict or show that something refers or belongs to someone (something), as the case may be.

On the other hand, it's is a contraction (abbreviation) of "it is" or "it has" and it describes an action performed by a subject.

Hence, the proper use of "it's" and "its" in the sentence would be;

Each of our dogs curls up in its own bed when it's sleeping.

Note: its describes the ownership of the bed by each dog while it's indicates an action performed by the dog i.e sleeping.

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