Complete the proverb: “Don’t judge a book by _______.”
Complete the proverb: “Don’t judge a book by _______.”
(A) Reading it
(B) Its size
(C) The cover
(D) Its color
The accurate statement is "Don't judge a book by the cover," though the grammatically accurate way to surface the verdict is "Don't judge a book by the cover," using "the" in its place of "its." "Its" is a possessive pronoun; "the" is a definite object.