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Antedecent of “its” in “the dog attacked the cat and its friends” [duplicate]
The dog attacked the cat and its friends.
Does the sentence imply that the dog attacked the cat and the cat's friends or that it attacked the cat and the dog's friends?
How would one properly ...
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“The dog's tail” vs. “the tail of the dog” [duplicate]
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Is using the possessive 's correct in “the car’s antenna”?
When talking about animal body parts, which of the following is the right one (or could both be possible ...
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What is a Possessive Ending? [closed]
Can someone please explain what a Possessive Ending is and provide examples? I'm trying to get a deeper knowledge of the English language and this term came about.
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Unions' Assassins' Guild or Union's Assassins' Guild?
Is it Unions' Assassins' Guild or Union's Assassins' Guild?
If my English serves me, I think both are right but have slightly different meanings. Can someone shed some light?
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Plural Possessive of a Singular Noun
While browsing this SE site, I stopped to look at the "What kind of questions can I ask here?" section of the FAQ, where the following is written:
Questions on the following topics are welcomed ...
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Did “Mrs” originally imply possession?
Was Mrs ever intended to mean Mr's, as in mister's to indicate possession? I started thinking about this when someone brought a breakdown of the word history (his-story) to my attention. It ...
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“these days” - what is the correct usage/meaning?
Recently whilst writing a report I typed the following sentence:
"Funerals still represent a celebration of the life of the deceased, but these days families and friends often use the time to ...
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Is [Its'] a word? (Note the apostrophe at the end.)
I just had a strange flashback to a conversation I had when I was in high school, with a man who was regarded by many members of a particular online community as having an impressive degree of ...
