Using possessive with inanimate objects
The following sentence is taken from a fitness magazine:
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 (bike)? If not, how should the sentence read?
Thank you.
Top answer
The given sentence is correct. Inanimate objects can be put in the possessive case. However, inanimate objects, by nature, don't "possess" things, so this should not be overdone.
- The given sentence is correct.
- Inanimate objects can be put in the possessive case.
- However, inanimate objects, by nature, don't "possess" things, so this should not be overdone.
- For example, you generally would not say the following: My bike's tires have no tread left on them.
- ) My bike's brakes don't work.
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The given sentence is correct. Inanimate objects can be put in the possessive case. However, inanimate objects, by nature, don't "possess" things, so this should not be overdone. For example, you generally would not say the following:
My bike's tires have no tread left on them. (You'd say: The tires on my bike don't have any tread left.)
My bike's brakes don't work. (Bet
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