Saxon genitive

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#28811 Thu, 29 Apr 04 01:16 AM

I would like to now if following sentence is correct:

It is Susan's sister's sweater.

This means that the sweater belongs to Susan's sister.If this sentence is not correct please give me the correct one.

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yskh81

#28826 Thu, 29 Apr 04 11:47 AM

Hi,
there is nothing wrong in ur sentence, but a better way of writitng the sentence would be:

It is the sweater of Susan's sister.

hope that helps

yskh81

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milky

#28954 Sun, 02 May 04 02:57 PM

there is nothing wrong in ur sentence, but a better way of writitng the sentence would be:

It is the sweater of Susan's sister. >

I disagree.

milky

Joined on Thu, Jan 15 2004

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Hume said that if we had perfect or complete descriptive knowledge of reality, we could not, by reasoning, derive a single valid "ought".

Pemmican

#28990 Mon, 03 May 04 04:22 PM

Why do you disagree, milky???

Btw: Why is it called "Saxon Genitive"? Does anyone know??

Pemmican

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suzi

#29354 Sat, 08 May 04 01:05 PM

"it is the sweater of susan's sister" sounds very clumsy - so I agree with milky's disagreement -

I also don't know why it should be called a Saxon genitive except in as much as the shreds of case system we have left in English originate from Anglo-Saxon invasions? I've never heard that phrase used b4

suzi

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