Blaze@dormi.zone to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyzEnglish · edit-21 year agoThe real size of Australiafiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up1190arrow-down110
arrow-up1180arrow-down1imageThe real size of Australiafiles.catbox.moeBlaze@dormi.zone to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyzEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square25linkfedilink
minus-squareArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45·1 year agoAustralia is approximately the Roman empire?
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up38arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoLong roads forging through nowhere? Check. Has a senate? Check. People being killed by scary animals? Check. Uncontested on it’s continent? Check. On the edge of a giant desert? Check. Seems about the same.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoSo what is the rule exactly? “Australia’s” and “Rome’s” both have an apostrophe, and that’s what “it” is standing in for here.
minus-squareitsnotits@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agohttps://www.scribbr.com/nouns-and-pronouns/possessive-pronouns/
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI don’t know, seems kind of goofy. For a word like “his”, there is no counterpart “hi”, but there is an “it”.
minus-squaremalijaffri@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoI’m assuming that “him” is related to the hypothetical counterpart “hi”
Australia is approximately the Roman empire?
Long roads forging through nowhere? Check.
Has a senate? Check.
People being killed by scary animals? Check.
Uncontested on it’s continent? Check.
On the edge of a giant desert? Check.
Seems about the same.
So what is the rule exactly? “Australia’s” and “Rome’s” both have an apostrophe, and that’s what “it” is standing in for here.
https://www.scribbr.com/nouns-and-pronouns/possessive-pronouns/
I don’t know, seems kind of goofy. For a word like “his”, there is no counterpart “hi”, but there is an “it”.
I’m assuming that “him” is related to the hypothetical counterpart “hi”