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Originally Posted by spindlegirl
But yes, the reasons why you stated above is entirely why it seems natural for an apostrophe to be in all possessives.
"The dog's paw was hurt."
"Rover's paw was hurt"
yet no apostrophe allowed for "Its paw was hurt." Pronouns are the exception.
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But it's surely an exception that should be taught at the earliest stages of literacy, is it not? The fact that such a large proportion of otherwise reasonably literate adults are getting it wrong (even authors!) is what baffles me, because it's such a simple thing to remember.