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Apostrophes are 100% unneccesary. There isnt a single case I'm aware of when the lack of an apostrophe changes the apparent meaning. That being so, there are better things to do with ones time than getting obscure counter-intuitive grammatical rules correct.
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Do the following mean the same thing?
Its time...
It's time...
One apostrophe, one world of difference.
For reference, I had an English teacher back in seventh grade who had a few hard and fast rules. One was that if you ever mis-spell the word "its" (or "it's"), you got an automatic F on that paper. Didn't matter what it was; one switch, and you failed.
I enjoy defending the English language, for all its trials and tribulations. For fun, try punctuating the following:
Ann while Bob had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher.
When punctuated properly, it is correct and easily understandable. And it can be done.