Its/it’s is easy.
“It’s” is a contraction for “it is.” So, if “it is” would make sense, use “it’s.” Example: It’s a nice day. (The sentence, “It is a nice day,” makes sense.)
“Its” is possessive.
Example: The company laid off half of its employees. (You need to use a possessive since the sentence refers to the company’s employees. It would be incorrect to use “it’s” here because, “The company laid off half of it is employees,” doesn’t make sense.)
Now if I can just overcome my lifelong addiction to, using, way, too, many, commas, people, would, surely, appreciate, it.
Me, too!
“Now if I can just overcome my lifelong addiction to, using, way, too, many, commas, people, would, surely, appreciate, it.”
I tend to insert commas as a way of indicating a pause in the vocalization of a sentence. If I feel a pause when speaking, ya getz a comma when writing!
Andspeedfreaksdon’tusecommasatall!