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A society's progress and development depends on its people's progress and development. I. Can I omit the black without changing meaning in this case?
II. "its" is optional or totally unnecessary?
The society's progress and development depends on that of its people.
The progress and development of society depends on that of its people. The sentences' grammar are fine?
A society's progress and development depends on its people's progress and development. I. Can I omit the black without changing meaning in this case?
II. "its" is optional or totally unnecessary?
The society's progress and development depends on that of its people.
The progress and development of society depends on that of its people. The sentences' grammar are fine?
Please.
The progress and development of a society depends on its people.
The progress and development of a society depends on that of its people.
Hope this helps a bit!
Dawood
A society's progress and development depends on its people's.
Or, A society's progress and development depends on that of its people.
We normally avoid genitive case with inanimate things. Of phrase is better. Your sentences are not grammatically incorrect though. But they are not a better choice, to me.
Regards!
Dawood
progress and development 
I. Can I omit the black without changing meaning in this case?
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