Possessive descriptive apostrophe
Hi all,
I got a quick doubt on the use of the apostrophe.
I remember reading somewhere that one could use the apostrophe with inanimate objects if it was referred to a description.
Example: "the tank's temperature was too high"
Let me know how to write it correctly
Thanks
Top answer
Possessive forms of inanimate nouns are not forbidden, but they may not always work tremendously well. While "the tank's temperature was too high" may be deemed acceptable in conversational English, I would recommend "the temperature of the tank was too high", especially in writing or any kind of more formal English. g.
- Possessive forms of inanimate nouns are not forbidden, but they may not always work tremendously well.
- While "the tank's temperature was too high" may be deemed acceptable in conversational English, I would recommend "the temperature of the tank was too high", especially in writing or any kind of more formal English.
- g.
- "company" (in the sense of a business), "government", etc.
- usually work OK.
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Possessive forms of inanimate nouns are not forbidden, but they may not always work tremendously well. While "the tank's temperature was too high" may be deemed acceptable in conversational English, I would recommend "the temperature of the tank was too high", especially in writing or any kind of more formal English. Possessive forms of nouns that are "animate by association", e.g. "company" (
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