Blaze@dormi.zone to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyzEnglish · edit-28 months agoThe real size of Australiafiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1190arrow-down110
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minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months 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-up1·8 months agohttps://www.scribbr.com/nouns-and-pronouns/possessive-pronouns/
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months 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-28 months agoI’m assuming that “him” is related to the hypothetical counterpart “hi”
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”