Cool breeze, I'm confused by your reply, because I don't see "two consecutive genitives formed with apostrophes" in the phrase "my neighbor Jim's car exploded." Hi khoff You have every right to be confused. I

Cool breeze, I'm confused by your reply, because I don't see "two consecutive genitives formed with apostrophes" in the phrase "my neighbor Jim's car exploded." I would think the the rule you describe would

For some reason two consecutive genitives formed with apostrophes are often avoided in English. My suggestion: The car of my neighbor Jim exploded last night . CB

Time nouns are just a special case of genitive use. If you like, you can think of it as: Half an hour's walk = a walk of half an hour Two days' drive = a drive of two days The mode of transportation is irrelevant (walk, drive, fly, sail, jog, etc)

I would not use the 's in any of those listed above. Nor would I use the "of" construction. That's an instructive point, Jim! The genitive is used far more frequently in some languages than it is in English. As a result, some

Hey, In this case the correct form is The Writers' Place. This usage of the apostrophe is called Possessive case or genitive. If you have a singular noun or an irregular plural noun you should add 's . If you have a plural noun ending in S

Jones's is the possessive form. eg "this is the Jones's dog" Jones's is indeed the possessive form, possessive singular , that is: This is Mr. Jones's car. If the reference is to the entire family, the plural genitive

nominative genitive dative accusative instrumental locative vocative nominative - for the subject of the sentence genitive - equivalent to "of the ...", "of a ..." or the possessive 's . dative - for the indirect

. I see nothing to disagree about. The original poster was relying on 'a' to determine the form of the possessive (of-genitive vs post-genitive). I said that 'a' is irrelevant. I now offer as an example: This was discussed in the

. I see nothing to disagree about. The original poster was relying on 'a' to determine the form of the possessive (of-genitive vs post-genitive). I said that 'a' is irrelevant. I now offer as an example: This was discussed in a