Blaze@dormi.zone to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyzEnglish · edit-21 year agoThe real size of Australiafiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1186arrow-down110
arrow-up1176arrow-down1imageThe real size of Australiafiles.catbox.moeBlaze@dormi.zone to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyzEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square36fedilink
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”
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”