In Nouns^x, Genitives^x

That's a question. Before any native speakers' responses, I'd like to list out what I've checked out in some dictionaries: American heritage: adj & interj Cambridge Advanced Learner's: determiner & exclamation (old exclamation) Oxford English Dict.: 1、pron.:The possessive genitive of I...

Believer wrote:Thank you, Marius and Milky. Tell me if my understanding is wrong. When you have some phrase in genitive??, then almost always the article the is for the noun in genitive and not the noun that comes/follows after the noun in genitive. the president's cup (here the is for...

Thank you, Marius and Milky. Tell me if my understanding is wrong. When you have some phrase in genitive??, then almost always the article the is for the noun in genitive and not the noun that comes/follows after the noun in genitive. the president's cup (here the is for "president" and not...

Grammar Geek wrote:If you use it before a noun, use the hyphens. Afterward, there will be a ten minutes question-and-answer session. Hi GGAfterward, there will be (a) ten minutes' question-and-answer session.Afterward, there will be a ten-minute question-and-answer session.Many people don't use...

Hi BelieverIn all your examples, of is not a part of the co-called of-genitive and thus does not require the.Knowledge is an exceptional uncountable noun, it can take the indefinite article although it is never used in the plural:He has a working knowledge of English.I have a poor knowledge of...

This is the most attractive piece (not pieces) of clothing I have seen so far. It means nothing is more attractive than ... . This is a most attractive piece (not pieces) of clothing. here most means very Among the most significant early explanations was that of Hernando De Soto (why...

Eating a hearty breakfast, we prepared for our long journey. Why is the underlined part of the sentence a participle phrase? 'eating' is a non-finite verb, not a gerund, but the whole phrase may be considered as a verbal noun (gerund phrase), not a verbal adjective (participle phrase)....

Hello MapleLet's see what Wikipedia says:Depending on the language, specific varieties of genitive-noun–main-noun relationships may include: possession (see Possessive case): inalienable possession alienable possession relationship indicated by the noun being modified composition (see...

Going is a gerund. To belongs to the infinitive happen and thus has nothing to do with going. The gerund must be used due to the preposition of. All prepositions normally require a gerund. Something is the subject of the gerund.The subject of the gerund has been discussed a lot. Many grammarians,...

Thank you. Would add the same voice or at least hold one of his/her hand for Cool Breeze's argument that with common nouns in the genitive one can leave the article out like these example of his or her and mine? Let's walk, it's (a) two miles' walk. (Cool Breeze's sentence) He has (a) two...