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Newguest Posted 19 years ago
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Hi

1.I know that I can write: "The walls of Jerusalem" How about "The Jerusalem walls" There is neither "of" nor possessive form yet it's correct, why?

2. "Our company will be wound up after its aims for which it was established have been achieved and its assets have been exhausted."

How about the tenses in this sentence. Can I use past simple and present perfect in the same sentence. What if I write "aims for which it has been established"

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I know that I can write: "The walls of Jerusalem" How about "The Jerusalem walls" There is neither "of" nor possessive form yet it's correct, why? -- Because Jerusalem is serving as an adjective. 2.

— Mister Micawber

  • I know that I can write: "The walls of Jerusalem" How about "The Jerusalem walls" There is neither "of" nor possessive form yet it's correct, why?
  • -- Because Jerusalem is serving as an adjective.
  • 2.
  • " How about the tenses in this sentence.
  • -- Yes; all the verbs in a sentence needn't be the same tense; it depends on the time relationships of the individual actions.
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1.I know that I can write: "The walls of Jerusalem" How about "The Jerusalem walls" There is neither "of" nor possessive form yet it's correct, why? -- Because Jerusalem is serving as an adjective.

2. "Our company will be wound up after its aims for which it was established have been achieved and its assets have been exhausted." How about the tenses in this sentence. Can
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Mister Micawber1.I know that I can write: "The walls of Jerusalem" How about "The Jerusalem walls" There is neither "of" nor possessive form yet it's correct, why? -- Because Jerusalem is serving as an adjective.

2. "Our company will be wound up after its aims for which it was established have been achieved and its assets have been exhausted." How about
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So is it Ok to say: "books pages" instead of "pages of the books" or "books' pages" -- No; the singular noun is standard when used as an adjective: 'book pages' (no matter how many books are involved)

How about: "Company Council" instead of "Council of the Company" or "Company's Council" -- Company Council (whatever that means) is fine.

So, I guess, it doesn't matt
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