By Prepositions, Genitives

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...

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...

Hela wrote: Dear teachers, 1) How would you qualify this time of genitive, please? Which "title" would you give it? Is it some sort of "human activities"? but I don't really like this. love's spirit, science's influence, my life's aim, duty's call . wow! I remember genitive as a Latin case...

Dear teachers, 1) How would you qualify this time of genitive, please? Which "title" would you give it? Is it some sort of "human activities"? but I don't really like this. love's spirit, science's influence, my life's aim, duty's call . 2) Which tenses would you use in the following...

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? Grammatical...

CalifJim wrote: Light from several lanterns filled the room with a soft glow. Laughter of children was heard on the playground. Hmm. Do these have to be The light ... and The laughter ... ? I certainly don't want to criticize Steinbeck's English at all. I dealt with the of-genitive in...

CalifJim wrote:CB, I hate to disagree, because your comments are always so very helpful and appropriate, and you are such a valuable resource on the forum. Nevertheless, I don't think any poetic license whatever is involved here. Thank you for your kind words, Jim. As English is not my...

Hi KiitixayThe preposition is in or at in the basic expressions only:He came in the morning / in the afternoon / in the evening.You can see the stars at night.Nothing exceptional happened at noon.A plural is possible as well: It often rains in the mornings.When you deviate from the basic...

Yes, but I wonder why of is wrong. As I know, this preposition may be used between two nouns to make the genitive. Moment is a noun, and so is time. Maybe this misunderstanding comes from Russian because the verbatim translation of the phrase would be in the genitive (Moment of what? Moment of...