Blaze@dormi.zone to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyzEnglish · edit-22 years agoThe real size of Australiafiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up1191arrow-down110
arrow-up1181arrow-down1imageThe real size of Australiafiles.catbox.moeBlaze@dormi.zone to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyzEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square36linkfedilink
minus-squareCanadaPluslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years 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-up1·2 years agohttps://www.scribbr.com/nouns-and-pronouns/possessive-pronouns/
minus-squareCanadaPluslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years 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-22 years 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”