is it ok to say "my car's windshield"?

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EarleyGrave

16 mar 2021

Inglese (Stati Uniti)

Yep, that's what we say. "There's a crack in my car's windshield."

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bad_captain

16 mar 2021

Urdu

sure it's fine to say that way

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keepupwithmeDiana

16 mar 2021

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Ucraino

thank you, but the reason I asked this question is because I read that car is not a living being and we use 's when we want to show that someone owns smth. A car can't own smth, because it's not a living being, so we should say "a windshield of my car" or "my car windshield". But this rule seems pretty weird to me, I hear natives use 's when talking even about smth like "a car" or "a door" (which aren't living beings). So I'm pretty confused because of that.
Do you know what I mean?

EarleyGrave

16 mar 2021

Inglese (Stati Uniti)

@keepupwithmeDiana An apostrophe is used to mean possession and it's not just for people. You can say "the house's windows" as well. It means something belongs to something else or is part of something else.

There's no agency required. The nuance is just a little different when talking about people, because for people it doesn't have to be a part of you.

"New York's streets are cluttered with junk."

It's completely normal and natural to use apostrophes like this to mean something that is a part of something else.

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keepupwithmeDiana

17 mar 2021

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Ucraino

thanks ) but honestly, I don't understand what I meant when you said that "There's no agency required. The nuance is just a little different when talking about people, because for people it doesn't have to be a part of you"