• Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
          4·
          29 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
            5·
            29 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.