In Numbers^x, Genitives^x, Possessives^x

Hello Hela Sorry, I missed that! You might possibly hear a phrase such as "Asian immigrants' numbers" in terse journalistic reporting; but on the whole, "the number of" isn't "genitivised" in this way. I'm not quite sure why this is, or why phrases such as "the day's time" aren't used...

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...