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An object in freefall does not experience gravity, while an object on the ground does. Because the object in freefall does not experience gravity, it is considered to be in a locally inertial frame of reference, whereby the principle of equivalence is applicable, and which enables the extension of the postulate of relativity, and gravity can therefore be described by general relativity. Because an object on the ground experiences gravitational acceleration, that would imply that it is not in a locally inertial frame of reference, and therefore the principle of equivalence would not apply, and therefore the postulate of relativity cannot be extended. So how would gravity upon an object on the ground then be described by general relativity?