Possessive: bike’s clip-in pedals
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I cycle my legs cautiously, push down with all my might and finally, my cycling shoes snap into the bike’s clip-in pedals.
My question is this:
Is it correct/proper to use the possessive 's with inanimate things/objects such as "bike" in this case?
Thank you.
P.S. Would you please check if my question above is correct? Thanks again.
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teal lime Is it correct/proper to use the possessive 's with inanimate things/objects such as "bike" in this case? In this case, yes. It is less usual to use possessive 's with inanimate things than with animate,* and it is quite easy to create unnatural English by doing so.
- teal lime Is it correct/proper to use the possessive 's with inanimate things/objects such as "bike" in this case?
- In this case, yes.
- It is less usual to use possessive 's with inanimate things than with animate,* and it is quite easy to create unnatural English by doing so.
- However, this example reads OK to me.
- * "animate" extends to abstract entities that consist of people, however, such as "company", "team", "government", etc.
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teal limeIs it correct/proper to use the possessive 's with inanimate things/objects such as "bike" in this case?
In this case, yes. It is less usual to use possessive 's with inanimate things than with animate,* and it is quite easy to create unnatural English by doing so. However, this example reads OK to me.
* "animate" extends to abstract e
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