Showing possession

If it's not a human do you still show possession?

For example

the door's handle or doors handle?
the car's bonnet or the cars bonnet?
the bed's wood or the beds wood?

Reply 1

IlexBlue

Yes, you do.

But not if it's "its."

For instance, say you were talking about a door. It would be "Its hinges came off."

Not "It's hinges came off."

Just adding that in there because even native speakers get that wrong...

Reply 2

Tam1312

Original post by IlexBlue

So it would be door's, car's and bed's in the question above?

Reply 3

damian0612

Original post by Tam1312

So it would be door's, car's and bed's in the question above?

Yes, the reason that "its" is an exception is because "it's" is a contraction of "it is". Therefore you write"its" to show possession and "it's" if you mean "it is".

Reply 4

Tam1312

Original post by damian0612

Yes, the reason that "its" is an exception is because "it's" is a contraction of "it is". Therefore you write"its" to show possession and "it's" if you mean "it is".