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title: Possessives · Cloudflare Style Guide
description: In general, avoid the 's construction to show possession by an
  inanimate object as doing so personifies the object.
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In general, avoid the 's construction to show possession by an inanimate object as doing so personifies the object.

Example: *the device's address*.
