• Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      12 days ago

      Basically it’s because “it” is a pronoun, so the possessive acts like his and hers.

      Eeyore lost his tail

      The gloomy plush donkey lost its tail

      Oh, look, it’s (it is) hanging by Owl’s door!

      • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        12 days ago

        😆 I am well aware. Somehow my brain farted and “corrected” the headline.

        Sometimes my brains asks, “Whose tail? Eeyore’s tail! Eeyore lost it’s tail.” Ugh. Still, asking who or what a thing belongs to is my main clue. :)

        Yes, English is my first language. Yes, always excelled at it and other languages. Yes, growing old.