By Grammar, Possessives

On the whole, I agree with Grammar Geek. It has long been quite common in AE to write Charles' car and Jones' car although some consider them incorrect. As far as I know, in BE people prefer Charles's car and Jones's car. Even in BE, however, classical names are usually in the genitive without...

Yes, "My" is a pronoun in the possessive form. You can also call it a "Possessive Personal Pronoun". So english speakers (who know something about grammar) would definitely call it a pronoun. If they don't, ask someone else.

<And when exactly is "have" supposed to have been "purely possessive"? We can find abstract usage of "have" in OE; and the use of "have" in the present perfect was well established by ME. > According to most scholars*, in OE, general use of have had the meaning of pure possession, with...

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That's exactly what I was taught - 'bout 25 years ago -, and that's exactly what the current grammar books tell us: "Never use a possessive case with inanimate things" (apart from some cases: time, duration, pets aso...) I'm well aware that things have changed, but are the ESL foreign teachers ?...

There/here answer the question 'Where?'. Here is usually nearby, at hand, there is out of reach. Their is possessive of they. Likewise: I => my; you => your; &c. Cheers, Slava P.S. Grammar, not grammer.

Which variant would you use: 1. Mary's cousin's book. 2. The book of Mary's cousin. I learnt from a grammar book that we should use several "of" prepositions and an " 's " at the end in case of having several consecutive possessives instead of using an " 's " for each noun. However, some...

You could say "bell-shaped icon" but you don't really need to, because people will know exactly what you mean. Chair leg, lamp shade, intelligence quotient, foot stool... these are all instances in which a noun is used to describe a noun. I myself am puzzlled over the lack of use of the...

Obviously, depending on where we learned English, it has some bearing on our understanding toward some of the most common debated questions. To validate my own understanding, I did some searching and came to a conclusion, In the US, some experts agree that either singular or plural is...

Would it be August's Small Business of the Month or Augusts' Small Business of the Month? Every time I type August's Microsoft Word wants to change it to Augusts' and I can't find the possessive of the month of August in any of my grammar books. Thanks for any assistance.