In Walt Whitman's "Slang in America" what is the antecedent of "its" in the following sentence from the third paragraph? "its final decisions are made by the masses, people nearest the concrete, having most to do with actual land and sea." joys; humanity; dictionary-makers; language; bases

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In Walt Whitman's "Slang in America," the antecedent of "its" in the sentence "its final decisions are made by the masses, people nearest the concrete, having most to do with actual land and sea" is "language." Whitman discusses how language is shaped and influenced by the people who use it, emphasizing that the ultimate decisions about language come from the broader public rather than from authoritative sources.