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Hi!Is there any difference between "John's school" and "the school of John"?Do they both express that "this is the school where is John going to"?Thanks

Hi everybody, What is the difference between saying: a friend of Tom or a friend of Tom's? Wouldn't be the sentence right if I took the 's out? I have been studied the genitive saxon for quite long time such as Peter's house, Tom's Bar, and things like that but I don't cleary undestand...

1. Can somebody explain me why I can write "a child is a God's gift" while "the dog was a Peter's gift" is wrong ? Isn't "God" (if written with the capital letter) a proper noun as well? 2: Moreover, as for the undefined article before the saxone genitive, please what's the difference...

Dear teachers, First, happy New Year to you all, and thank you for your kindness and dedication. I want to tell you that you've helped a lot throughout these years and I feel deeply endebted to you. My question for today is: Can I use the indefinite article with the genitive? Is it correct to...

Inchoateknowledge wrote:A sister of George's is coming to stay with us. (double genitive) A sister of George is coming to stay with us. Both sentences are correct grammatically. Is there any difference between them? Dj Bueno wrote: A sister of George's is coming to stay with...

1. When is it right to put the before the determiner the before the word "future" and when not? The first sentence is Nona's: Phew, this is a long one Believer, it might be better if you split these things up into several posts in future. In the future, you can ask him help. Somewhere in...

A sister of George's is coming to stay with us. (double genitive) A sister of George is coming to stay with us. Both sentences are correct grammatically. Is there any difference between them?

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...

ok this is fine, but how to make a difference between: Bush administration was ... and Kennedy's interest was ... Is there any strict rule to or should guess a bit ? thanx Srdjan

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