By Possessives, Articles

Goodman wrote:Hi Hoa Thai, From reading your explanation, I couldn't help but pitch in my 2 cent regarding the "possesive" confusions. If the my observation is accurate, "God" does not take any article. I'd like to point out that in the back of any US greenback, "In God We Trust" is printed on...

Grammar Geek wrote:No. If the family name is God then they family is the Gods and the plural possessive is The Gods' Can we please do this with Smith (doesn't end in s) and Davis (ends in s) to show you the difference? Peter Smith: Peter Smith's house Peter and Paula Smith = The Smiths: The...

«You'll never reach a native speaker level.» — I think it would be OK if you replaced "a" with "the"... «For Stephen King's creature, see It» — IMHO it is also good, but for such an encyclopedia entry, the adjective usage seems better because it allows for the definite...

Well, the excerpt you have posted is not very well thought through. Possessives here are obviously an open class-- my friend's, John's, Mary's, my dog's, his aardvark's, ad infinitum-- as are cardinal and ordinal numbers-- eight-hundred-and-forty-first, eight-hundred-and-forty-second....However,...

I've read many textbooks, done a lot of searches and I have yet to find a suitable answer to my question. Can a knowledgable grammarian please answer this question. What are determiners? I took this part from a textbook.... There are about 50 different determiners in the English language...

CalifJim wrote:1. There is a salesman at the door. There are several salesmen at the door.2. Both president's and Republicans' are possessives.the Japan's product is incorrect. Both articles and possessives are determiners. You can't have more than one determiner in succession.an X's Y =...

1. There is a salesman at the door. There are several salesmen at the door. 2. Both president's and Republicans' are possessives. the Japan's product is incorrect. Both articles and possessives are determiners. You can't have more than one determiner in succession. an X's Y = the Y...

Hi, Please answer these. 1. Does this require a singular or plural noun? I think Philip from this forum wrote this: With the introductory "there," you will find both singular and plural verb. 2. Sometimes I get very confused as to whether a possessive is acting in a classifying capacity or a...

Hello, this is my first post here, I like to know these wordskilometercentimeterAre those words noun if they are standing alone ? if it's, what kind of noun it's, proper noun or abstract noun or etc ?After that, I want to indentify the part of speech of the following sentence by using the...

Hello, this is my first post here, I like to know these wordskilometercentimeterAre those words noun if they are standing alone ? if it's, what kind of noun it's, proper noun or abstract noun or etc ?After that, I want to indentify the part of speech of the following setence by using the...