By Nouns, Genitives

Avangi wrote: If I say, "Your car has a strange smell to it," is that genitive? Hi Avangi, By definition, as you might already know, a genitive case is expressed by the possessive of or a clitic 's. However, your car definitely has a distinctive possessive form where your is either a...

Brunces wrote:Hello, friends.Please, which is the correct way and why? Doubt #1"color of the car" x "car color" x "car's color""leg of the cat" x "cat leg" x "cat's leg""pizza of yesterday" x "yesterday pizza" x "yesterday's pizza"I've heard that Genitive Case is used only with nouns which are...

Hello, friends.Please, which is the correct way and why? Doubt #1"color of the car" x "car color" x "car's color""leg of the cat" x "cat leg" x "cat's leg""pizza of yesterday" x "yesterday pizza" x "yesterday's pizza"I've heard that Genitive Case is used only with nouns which are "living...

Grammar Geek wrote:Singing is a gerund, a noun, so it takes the possessive my. This is rather peculiar, I think. I have encountered the same thing on these forums many times. Native speakers say: "A gerund is a noun." Do they teach it that way in American schools and universities? Grammatical...

Welcome to EF, Cla! Grammatically both are possible in English. Obviously, there's nothing wrong with the genitive version Einstein's equations as he is the father of his equatuions and nothing in English grammar prevents us from using the genitive. However, it is also possible to use a proper...

The genitive is correct, because -ing form is used as a noun, and it needs a possessive

Thank you both for your effort.It is highly appreciated and has helped me a lot in my frustrating studies If you don't mind, take a look at this:bird's nest - the nest of the birdbirds' nest - the nest of more than one birdbirds nest - nest is a verb means "birds are building up their dwellings"...

Grammar Geek wrote:And what about their mother? The Spearses' mother? These plural-possessive-ending-in-S nouns seem to have half a dozen "correct" ways of writing them. Hi GGThis intrigues me. Could you please tell me what other suggestions style guides have offered as correct plurals and...

CalifJim wrote: Light from several lanterns filled the room with a soft glow. Laughter of children was heard on the playground. Hmm. Do these have to be The light ... and The laughter ... ? I certainly don't want to criticize Steinbeck's English at all. I dealt with the of-genitive in...

CalifJim wrote:CB, I hate to disagree, because your comments are always so very helpful and appropriate, and you are such a valuable resource on the forum. Nevertheless, I don't think any poetic license whatever is involved here. Thank you for your kind words, Jim. As English is not my...