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Saxon Genitive vs. Adjective Noun (Model Parameters vs. Model's Parameters)
The suggestions in this same forum say that the use of the phrase "the car's antenna" is correct.
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Nobody mentioned the use of "the car antenna" -- which to me would be much more natural, ...
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About adjective possessive pronouns [duplicate]
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Is there a correct gender-neutral, singular pronoun (“his” versus “her” versus “their”)?
In the sentence ‘Everyone should make everyone’s part’, what adjective ...
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“Boys bicycle” vs. “boy's bicycle” [duplicate]
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User’s Guide vs Users’ Guide
When describing, for example, a bicycle for boys as "a boys bicycle", should it be "boy's" or "boys"? The phrase is not implying ownership ...
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Adjective describing possession by someone else
Is there any adjective in English that would describe a quality of belonging or being in the possession of someone else who is not the speaker?
In short, what adjective would you substitute for the ...
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Genitive case or noun as adjective
Is there any rule for when it is better to use genitive case or noun as adjective? I'm not sure if there is any difference in meaning in this example:
The department of accounting
The ...
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Castleford dialect
I have recently heard the following from young children originating from Castleford, West Yorkshire:
Yourn, meaning yours,
hern, meaning hers,
arn, meanig ours
Could this be related to the ...
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Is “a friend of his” a used phrase?
I know that a friend of mine is a used phrase, but is the phrase also used with other personal possessive adjectives?
I met a friend of his.
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Referring to some attribute of an inanimate object — use “who's”?
This came up in describing an input to a function:
A handle to the daemon who's name is desired.
(Daemon is a type of process on a system.)
Somehow, "who's" just doesn't seem right because it's ...
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Possessive of a word that is already possessive
If the cricket ground Lord's is a possessive, what if you want to describe something belonging to Lord's? Would you say "I was very impressed by Lord's's customer services"?
It doesn't look right, ...
