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title: Possessives
description: Form possessives correctly in documentation.
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# Possessives

In general, avoid the 's construction to show possession by an inanimate object as doing so personifies the object.

Example: _the device's address_.

```json
{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/directory/","name":"Directory"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/style-guide/","name":"Style Guide"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"/style-guide/grammar/","name":"Grammar"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@id":"/style-guide/grammar/parts-of-speech/","name":"Parts of speech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@id":"/style-guide/grammar/parts-of-speech/possessives/","name":"Possessives"}}]}
```