From a Web site:
"If the cyst is small, its' rupture usually occurs unnoticed."
This is an apostrophe violation!
"Its" is a possessive adjective, as in "Its tail is wagging."
"It's" is a contraction of the words "it is," as in "It's raining/It is raining."
"Its'" is not a word.
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