grammar opinion request

[ajva]

Something I've been thinking about for a while: does the impersonal third person possessive require an apostrophe? It seems it is always written without. Can you give me a reference as to why this is correct? For example:

This is a guide for how to live ones life.

As opposed to

This is a guide for how to live one's life.

References welcome.

Comments

[shadowdaddy.livejournal.com]

No references, but I vote that the same rules apply as for "its."

[ajva.livejournal.com]

Yes, well that's certainly a justifiable perspective, and the obvious reference. I'm interested to find out if there's a hard and fast rule about this...

Grammar nazi

[webcowgirl.livejournal.com]

But he's wrong, "its" is the exeception. Eye Tee Apostrophe Ess always means It Is and never Property Of It, the cat extended its claws, etc.