「its」と「it's」の違い, アポストロフィの使い方、part 4

This restaurant is one that I often eat it.

× Its an Italian restaurant in the Yaechika.
◯ It's an Italian restaurant in the Yaechika.

× It's pasta is priced really reasonably.
◯ Its pasta is priced really reasonably.

"Its" is the possessive version, but it doesn't use an apostrophe. The reason is that somehow "it's", which means "it is" or "it has", gets the priority.

• possessive noun 所有格名詞 (definition from Eijiro on the Web)
  
• have priority （～よりも）優先権を持っている、（～よりも）優先｛ゆうせん｝する (definition from Eijiro on the Web)

You might even see native speakers make this mistake. I make it from time to time.

Thinking back to the previous posts in this series, you might say "wait! I thought I can only use the 's' for people and animals!"

Well, there is a rule, but native speakers don't always follow it; that's typical for English.

However, if you go to Google and search, you can find these results:

• "the restaurant's food" - 455,000 results
• "the food at the restaurant" - 2,400,000 results

You can see that the non-apostrophe version is more common.

Anyway, I recommend this restaurant for cheap and delicious pasta. It's located at the end of the Yaechika near Bridgestone. Its atmosphere might not be the greatest, but it's got good food.