In Expressions^x, Apostrophes^x, Possessives^x

Good questions. I'm probably too tired to answer them well. I may mix them all together in a salad. In the physical world, I think of an insert as something designed for easy removal and reinsertion or replacement - such as a bushing, which is a very unsophisticated bearing. Such things...

Are you asking about forming a possessive by the addition of apostrope-s? If so, then here are some thoughts. I just wrote this stuff off the top of my head, so it's not meant to be any sort of definitive analysis. There is no problem with making possessives from inanimate nouns. For...

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Hi, I have difficulty figuring out how to write the word that follows something like an 'as much/twice as something' or 'twice as something' expression -- should it be in a 'plain' form or in the possessive? I feel some people are unable to correctly the right...

It is often arbitrary which expressions of this type are formulated as compound nouns and which are formulated with a possessive structure. In general, inanimates are much less likely to appear with 'apostrophe- s '. CJ

Well nona, i think you'r right. I was wrong. I don't know what the hell was I thinking when I red the following passage. " Many writers consider it bad form to use apostrophe -s possessives with pieces of furniture and buildings or inanimate objects in general. Instead of "the desk's edge"...

I think the correct phrase is "180 days' notice" but am I right? Why should it be a possessive " days' " instead on simply " days ?" days' or days? According to the Essential Guide to Good Usage, the apostrophe is used after the s in phrases like the following involving expressions of time,...

Hello Hela 1) So what we call "the genitive case" is the apostrophe s and the relative whose , and the "possessive case" is any expression with of to express possession? Would you please give me sentences where we CANNOT use the 's but rather the of form? — I would use "genitive" to...

Dear MrP and all the other teachers, 1) So what we call "the genitive case" is the apostrophe s and the relative whose , and the "possessive case" is any expression with of to express possession? Would you please give me sentences where we CANNOT use the 's but rather the of form? 2) Would...

apostrophe-s ('s) is added to the very end of the whole expression being considered possessive. the King of England's crown John and Mary and the kid's home who else's problems someone other than Alice's car a friend of mine's book Not sure about these, however: John and I's...