In Nouns^x, Genitives^x, Pronouns^x

Much linguistic analysis is neither intended for nor useful as a language teaching aid. It all depends on what language you know and what language you are learning. Leaving aside pronouns, in English you do not need to change the ending of a noun according to whether it is the subject or object...

and so forth. They are not adjectives , because they can be substituted for and cannot co-occur with another determiner such as an article or a demonstrative. So the answer to your question: "So would you say this particular grammar point is widely accepted by native-speakers and/or...

Here are some examples The main point is to explain the correct answer The sentences are little-bit childisch ;they are some modified sentences. I am afraid that my explanations seems to be a little childisch, too. So please help me how to turn it into the right explanation. Mary was real...

Hoa Thai wrote: Avangi wrote: If I say, "Your car has a strange smell to it," is that genitive? Hi Avangi, By definition, as you might already know, a genitive case is expressed by the possessive of or a clitic 's . However, your car definitely has a distinctive possessive form...

Avangi wrote: If I say, "Your car has a strange smell to it," is that genitive? Hi Avangi, By definition, as you might already know, a genitive case is expressed by the possessive of or a clitic 's . However, your car definitely has a distinctive possessive form where your...

Grammar Geek wrote: Singing is a gerund, a noun, so it takes the possessive my . This is rather peculiar, I think. I have encountered the same thing on these forums many times. Native speakers say: "A gerund is a noun." Do they teach it that way in American schools and universities?...

It is obviously intended to be joint possession-- there is only one cat. With more than one beast, however-- Carl's and my cats -- it is confusing. Quirk is right in calling this coordination of genitive + possessive pronoun awkward, no matter how you do it: Carl's and my cats ? My and Carl's...

From The Elements of Style : Form the possessive singular of nouns by adding 's. Follow this rule whatever the final consonant. Thus write, Charles's friend Burns's poems the witch's malice Exceptions are the possessives of ancient proper names ending in -es and -is ,...

MrPedantic wrote: It interests me that some modern languages have at least the appearance of greater simplicity (e.g. the loss of inflection) than their counterparts of 900 years ago. This seems counter-intuitive: you would expect a language to evolve towards (not from) complexity. Hello MrP As...

Besides that, it would be great if someone could explain why only the genitive case is possible for a pronoun in "NOUN of SOMEONE ", but I know there are a lot of inexplicable things in language. I'm a fan of you and your music . Is it possible because "you and your music" is considered a...