By Nouns, Genitives

Here are some examples The main point is to explain the correct answerThe 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 angry...

It's all to do with gender. Cactus and fungus are masculine nouns of which the proper plural ends in -i. Corpus is actually a neuter noun. Hence, the proper plural (nominative case) ends in -a.It's 'corpora' rather than 'corpa' because the genitive singular case...

Hi N2GI'll butt in if I may. 1. He'd only left her a note on the bedside table of which she had not understood the content. There is a noun in the relative clause and that explains of in this case. I would reword the sentence: He'd only left her a note the content of which she had...

Hi JimNot the with a proper noun in the genitive. There are countless proper nouns that require the: the Mississippi, the Philippines, the Mediterranean Sea, the Balearic Islands, The Soviet Union etc. CheersCB

There are fewer prepositions in Finnish than in English. Quite often, it is possible to place a preposition before or after the word it modifies. If the preposition is after the noun, it is called a postposition. After all, it is after the word it modifies. (Latin post = after) The noun is in the...

Hello again,Unfortunately,I've put one part in my previous post wrongly.Sorry for that.It would be correct to use the preposition "toward" in the following part:"But,if the verb indicates motion,or in plain english,if you are :going toward, flying toward, traveling...

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 where your is...

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 is either a...

Brunces wrote:Hello, friends.Please, which is the correct way and why? Doubt #1"color of the car" x "car color" x "car's color""leg of the cat" x "cat leg" x "cat's leg""pizza of yesterday" x "yesterday pizza" x "yesterday's pizza"I've heard that Genitive Case is used only with nouns which are...

Hello, friends.Please, which is the correct way and why? Doubt #1"color of the car" x "car color" x "car's color""leg of the cat" x "cat leg" x "cat's leg""pizza of yesterday" x "yesterday pizza" x "yesterday's pizza"I've heard that Genitive Case is used only with nouns which are "living...