By Expressions, Possessives

A proper noun (such as Japan) is never preceded by "the". That's the rule which makes it impossible to use "the Japan's prosecutors". Recall that a proper noun names a unique entity. The rule does not apply when "the" is part of the proper noun. You use "the United States' prosecutors"...

Dear MrP and all the other teachers, 1) So what we call "the genitive case" is the apostrophe s and the relative whose, and the "possessive case" is any expression with of to express possession? Would you please give me sentences where we CANNOT use the 's but rather the of form? 2) Would you...

So you think that all five sentences can take the possessive case? Even #3 ? 3) The figures published last year show an increase in the number of Asian immigrants. = Last year's figures show an increase in Asian immigrants' numbers. possible ? Now we said that time expressions normally take...

Of the possessive is normally used for inanimate objects, so the bone of the dog is not a native expression. It means the same as the dog's bone, of course; these are both possessive forms, and normally mean a bone that the dog chews upon, though it is possible that it could refer to a bone...

You ask, "how would you describe the change"? Well, I believe you have described the change(s) yourself! From your own description, these are just a few changes. So why not simply say it as you see it -- a few changes? For specificity, I see the changes you have described as structural ones,...

I'm indebted to you for your correction on the possessive form of a proper name ending in s. My apologies.

Sextus wrote: Regarding the possessive, I do think that both versions are possible when a name ends with "s". Isn't this right? I'll take the easy part for now, and leave the harder part for later, or for MrP. As far as I know, the rule for the possessive of a name that ends in s...

I think I can't compress it, because I would lose the sense. You are indeed right about your remark regarding "seem"-"apparent" (an important error). What if I say this: "At first glance, Annas’ remarks regarding the status of science do not merely intend to report the fact that contemporary...

Dear Participants! Allow me to break into your discussion. My name is mabo. I am Japanese and I teach English in Tokyo, Japan. I have long had exactly the same question in mind as Ms. Jandi's. I have tried posting my self-generated interpretation on it, on a different forum, in order to see...

Infinitive means Infinitive. This pattern preserves the parallel between infinitives and is fine. I see nothing incorrect here. This is presented as a universal truth of some kind. Infinitive means Gerund. This pattern is also grammatical, but the universality is less obvious. The gerund...