By Possessives, Genitives

I have given my opinion in an earlier post. Page 1 of this thread offers you a link to it (subject of gerund). As the gerund fluctuates between being a noun and a verb and resembles both to some extent, it stands to reason that a genitive is often possible before it and so is an adjectival...

The s-genitive is usually less emphatic:William Shakespeare's Complete WorksThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareBoth are correct but the one with "of" sounds much more convincing and would be the likely choice for the title of a series of books. In many cases the choice is...

I agree with Yankee. Yet, it must be said that there is a tendency among today's grammarians to standardize the often entangled genitive of English. That may deprive English of some of its most fascinating ways to denote possession. This charming jumble wouldn't be there if a Language...

.1. the genitive-equals-possessive misunderstanding -- Yes2. the University of Florida curriculum designer -- YesBut what about these?-- These are hard to deal with, since the adjective cluster has been extended unnaturally. I suggest:Afternoon return buses back to SeoulEarly morning departures...

Thank you very much.I think these two are properly punctuated:1. the genitive-equals-possessive misunderstanding2. the University of *** curriculum designer -- no hyphen since "University of ***" is a proper name and linking with hyphens woud be inappropriate, if not wrong.But what...

Hi,It seems to have been noted that there are these three types of genitives among others:1) genitive of classification2) genitive of purpose3) genitive of possessionWhat I have trouble is with no. 1. and 2. Where does this belong?a men's toiletThis doesn't seem so much different from the...

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...

Both are generally considered correct. In Finnish grammar books of English the term "double genitive" is used. The first example is logical if you think of she is a friend of mine. Mine is possessive like Alison's. However, it would be very inconvenient to insist on a possessive...

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 Avangi,To me, grammarians always have their way, trying to make thing clear (or confusing to some). What do you think of the following quoted text regarding 's?"Some linguists believe that English possessive is no longer a case at all, but has become a clitic, an independent particle which,...