The chair's leg is broken.

[Tait-ka]

1.. The chair's leg is broken.
2... The leg of the chair is broken.
3.. The chair leg is broken.

Can i ask which sentence is correct? I hv heard that we should not use 's with inanimate objects... So,, 1 is wrong..

But i am confused... This advice sounds incorrect.. because i hv seen such sentences with 's. So,, need advice from native speakers.

 

[emsr2d2]

1. The chair's leg is broken.
2. The leg of the chair is broken.
3. The chair leg is broken.

Can I ask which sentence is correct? I have heard that we should not use 's with inanimate objects no full stop here so sentence 1 is wrong.

But I am confused. This advice sounds incorrect no full stop here because I have seen such sentences with 's. So,, I need advice from native speakers.

Before I deal with your question, it's important that you take notice of the corrections I have made above.
1. Always capitalise the word "I" (first person singular pronoun).
2. There is no such word as "hv". I have no idea where you got the idea that that is a real word.
3. One full stop at the end of a sentence is enough.
4. Never use more than one comma between words.
5. As a learner, don't try to start sentences with "so", "but" or "and".

All three sentences are grammatically correct and possible. What you need to know is that the majority of native English speakers use either sentence 2 or sentence 3. However, sentence 1 is still grammatically correct. Where did you hear that you must not use apostrophe+s with inanimate objects?

 

[Tait-ka]

Where did you hear that you must not use apostrophe+s with inanimate objects?

Many english teachers in my country claim that and many grammar books printed in my country also claim that.

Can I ask is sentence 1 used by native speakers or not?

Thank you for corrections.

 

[tedmc]

Many English teachers in my country claim that and many grammar books printed in my country also claim that.

Can I ask - Is sentence 1 used by native speakers or not?

Thank you for the corrections.

Your question has been answered in Post No. 2. While No.1 is not wrong, No. 2 is preferred. I think the old grammar books would consider No.1 as incorrect.

 

[emsr2d2]

There's no need to start a question with "Can I ask". As you can see from tedmc's corrections, it made your question harder to punctuate than it needed to be. Simply say "Is sentence 1 used by native speakers?"

 

[Tait-ka]

There's no need to start a question with "Can I ask". As you can see from tedmc's corrections, it made your question harder to punctuate than it needed to be. Simply say "Is sentence 1 used by native speakers?"

Right.
Sorry you did not answer that question. Do native speakers use sentence 1?

 

[emsr2d2]

Sorry you did not answer that question.

Why are you sorry I didn't answer the question? I don't think that's what you meant.

 

[Tait-ka]

Why are you sorry I didn't answer the question? I don't think that's what you meant.

I mean you did not tell me whether native speakers use sentence 1. Can you please do?

 

[emsr2d2]

I mean you did not tell me whether native speakers use sentence 1.

I see. In that case, you punctuated post #6 incorrectly. See below:

Right. Sorry.
You did not answer that question. Do native speakers use sentence 1?

Can you please do answer my question?

I don't know any native speakers who would choose to use that construction. It remains, however, grammatically correct.

 

[Skrej]

I prefer #3, with #1 a very close second. #2 is a very distant third for me - it's unnecessarily wordy and stilted.

If I were writing a Dickens novel, then I'd chose #2, but I'm not Dickens.

 

[Flask]

I think that the likelihood of the possessive in cases like the OP increases when additional "of"-phrases would be needed:

highly unlikely: The top of the leg of the chair is discolored.
much better: The top of the chair's leg is discolored.

Now, here's something ungrammatical, or at least something no native speaker would ever say:

incorrect: The chair's leg's top is discolored.

 

[5jj]

I'd probably say The top of the chair leg is discoloured.

 

[jutfrank]

I say they'd be used in slightly different contexts, with different focus.