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Teal lime Posted 7 years ago
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You have been searching the library's book shelves.....

In the sentence below, do you find the use of the 's appropriate/correct after "library"? In other words, is it correct to use the possessive for inanimate things such as a library? Thank you.

You have been searching the library's bookshelves for a long time, looking for a certain book.

  

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teal lime In the sentence below, do you find the use of the 's appropriate/correct after "library"? In other words, is it correct to use the possessive for inanimate things such as a library? Thank you.

  • teal lime In the sentence below, do you find the use of the 's appropriate/correct after "library"?
  • In other words, is it correct to use the possessive for inanimate things such as a library?
  • Thank you.
  • You have been searching the library's bookshelves for a long time, looking for a certain book.
  • While it is not wrong, the possessive 's on an inanimate is usually avoided.
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teal lime

In the sentence below, do you find the use of the 's appropriate/correct after "library"? In other words, is it correct to use the possessive for inanimate things such as a library? Thank you.

You have been searching the library's bookshelves for a long time, looking for a certain book.

While it is not wrong, the possessi

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