Use of Apostophe s for living and non living object?

Question

First I write 2 senteces : _

My friend's name is John.

The name of my village is Fatepur.

Now, Can I write the above sentences as below : -

The name of my friend is John.

My village's name is Fatepur.

Are the last 2 sentences grammatically right?

From my knowledge I know that APOSTOPHE S ( 'S) is used for living object for non living object we can not use APOSTOPHE S.

We can not write : -

Chair's legs

Village's name

School's name

Rather we write them as below :

legs of chair.

name of village

name of school.

If we use APOSTOPHE S for non living object (like chair's leg) then is it wrong or is it right.

Please response from your English Grammar knowledge

Answer 1

No, you can use an apostrophe in that way.

It is perfectly acceptable to say 'the chair's leg'. However, in most cases, saying simply 'the chair leg' would be more usual.

The sentence as you used it 'the village's name' is correct too. However 'the name of my friend' is a little awkward, and while not incorrect, is not the usual way of doing it.

Answer 2

It does not matter whether the object is living or not.

Therefore, all your apostrophe examples are correct.

Here is a useful link on apostrophes: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/g...

All the best.