In Genitives^x

English is nearly consistent and logical with regard to the position of the genitive apostrophe. If there is no s at the end of the word in its basic form, the apostrophe comes before the genitive s. In other words, your first sentence is correct.We like each other.Not: We like each...

Hello again,Unfortunately,I've put one part in my previous post wrongly.Sorry for that.It would be correct to use the preposition "toward" in the following part:"But,if the verb indicates motion,or in plain english,if you are :going toward, flying toward, traveling...

Hi Avangi,To me, grammarians always have their way, trying to make thing clear (or confusing to some). What do you think of the following quoted text regarding 's?"Some linguists believe that English possessive is no longer a case at all, but has become a clitic, an independent particle which,...

Hoa Thai wrote: 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...

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...

Hoa Thai wrote:I have never heard of the name list that you described for genitive types. However, here are 7 genitive types discussed by Bergen and Cornelia Evans, in A Dictionary of Contemporary American UsageHi Hoa, If I say, "Your car has a strange smell to it," is that genitive? - 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...

Hi Anon,I have never heard of the name list that you described for genitive types. However, here are 7 genitive types discussed by Bergen and Cornelia Evans, in A Dictionary of Contemporary American Usage: Classifying or descriptive genitive ("the room's furnishings")Possessive genitive...

You're welcome Hela, What a shame all your creative art work (colours & fonts) didn't come through on the final printout! I suspect the "human activities" and "qualifying types of genitives" is/are a form of ESL-speak. They invent category names for every little nuance which we "native...