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Stuff like this is going to come back to bite us when the robots rise up.(lemmy.world)

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Crikeste@lemm.ee
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But what about “its” that does show possession? Do you use an apostrophe there?

Example: a dog and its(?) tail.

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No, I’m fairly certain you would not use an apostrophe there. That’s what trips me up though because, at least in my mind, ‘it’ takes the place of the possessive noun in that clause and therefore it should have an apostrophe. but god forbid the spelling remain consistent between the two 🙄

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Crikeste@lemm.ee
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That’s what I was thinking too; that ‘it’ is clearly referencing the dog and is therefore possessive. English is so weird lol

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