In Genitives^x

Dear Patatasfritas, It is I believe as you have said. In the first sentence we regard John and Mary as individual. In the second sentence we regard them as a couple. Kind regards, Goldmund

What's the diference between saying: John's and Mary's favourite car is... vs. John and Mary's favourite car is... Does the first sentence suggest there's no relation between John and Mary or something? Thanks! x

The possessive adjectives don't take the genitive " 's ". Only the nouns take it.

Your understanding is generally correct, redkiddy. But more often than not there are exceptions in general rules. Let me add some more to pieannes's list. 1. names of planets: Earth's, Saturn's, Pluto's, .. 2. time-related words: today's, yesterday's, tomorrow's, a day's work, two...

"world" can be used in the genitive case, as well as the names of countries.

Hi Teachers I think the genitive subject I learned was this : USE --'s--- for the persons and animals USE --of--- for the unliving things or the others except persons or animals So why I sometimes see these type of genitives.. A Japanese railway company has started testing...

Hi SFB The use of "kind of" is really messy for learners. The messiness comes from the fact that "kind of" is a relic of genitive use of 'kind' in Old English. Anyway, what I have learned is; 'this kind of Xs ' They are the same in meaning. The latter is a bit less formal but much...

...why is it said ''in their hundreds''?... Do you know, I have absolutely no idea. 'Their' derives from the Old Norse theirra , which was the 'genitive plural demonstrative and personal pronoun', according to our good friends at Merriam Webster. Irresponsible speculation: perhaps it...

by fewer than 1000 to 100 000 hits depending on the length of the lexical string What this means to me

Hello, with expressions of time: the noun + noun structure is used for the names of things that happen or appear regularly, as in: the evening news a Sunday paper the 's structure is preferred to talk about particular moments and events, as in: yesterday's news last Sunday's match...