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Anxiety Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
a/an + saxon genitive
0 1. Can somebody explain me why I can write "a child is 01 b 01 i 00 a God's gift 02 i 02 b 00 " while "the dog was 01 i 01 b 00 a Peter's gift" 02 b 02 i 00 is wrong ? 02 br
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00 Isn't "God" (if written with the capital letter) a proper noun as well? 02 br
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00 2: Moreover, as for the undefined article before the saxone genitive, please what's the difference between: 02 br
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00 "a cousin of Peter" (is it correct?) 02 br
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00 "a cousin of Peter's" (does it mean: a cousin of Peter's cousins??) 02 br
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00 "one of Peter's cousins" (a cousin among some of Peter's cousins??) 02 br
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01 b 05 0 02 b 02 br
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01 b 02 b 02 br
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01 b 00 Thanx 02 b 010id 7
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00 Isn't "God" (if written with the capital letter) a proper noun as well? 02 br
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00 2: Moreover, as for the undefined article before the saxone genitive, please what's the difference between: 02 br
02 br
00 "a cousin of Peter" (is it correct?) 02 br
02 br
00 "a cousin of Peter's" (does it mean: a cousin of Peter's cousins??) 02 br
02 br
00 "one of Peter's cousins" (a cousin among some of Peter's cousins??) 02 br
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01 b 05 0 02 b 02 br
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01 b 02 b 02 br
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01 b 00 Thanx 02 b 010id 7
Top answer
0 Hi Anxiety 02 br 02 br 00 I don't know that I've ever seen anyone write "a ***'s gift". I know I wouldn't. I'd write either "a ***'s gift" or, more likely, "***'s gift": 02 br 01 i 00 He seems to believe he's ***'s gift to women.
- 0 Hi Anxiety 02 br 02 br 00 I don't know that I've ever seen anyone write "a ***'s gift".
- I know I wouldn't.
- I'd write either "a ***'s gift" or, more likely, "***'s gift": 02 br 01 i 00 He seems to believe he's ***'s gift to women.
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0 Hi Anxiety 02 br
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00 I don't know that I've ever seen anyone write "a ***'s gift". I know I wouldn't. I'd write either "a ***'s gift" or, more likely, "***'s gift": 02 br
01 i 00 He seems to believe he's ***'s gift to women. 05 1 02 br
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02 i 00 As to your other sentences, they all mean the same thing to me (although it is perhap
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00 I don't know that I've ever seen anyone write "a ***'s gift". I know I wouldn't. I'd write either "a ***'s gift" or, more likely, "***'s gift": 02 br
01 i 00 He seems to believe he's ***'s gift to women. 05 1 02 br
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02 i 00 As to your other sentences, they all mean the same thing to me (although it is perhap
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0 Hi, Yankee and thank you for your 01 b 00 [g] 02 b 00 ! 02 br
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00 Well, the fact is that before asking something here, I check it on the web. I found so many pages with that expression, I gave it for granted.... "Team USA needs 01 i 00 a ***'s Gift 02 i 00 to defeat Ghana" was one of the many examples I found on the web (... nothing persona
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00 Well, the fact is that before asking something here, I check it on the web. I found so many pages with that expression, I gave it for granted.... "Team USA needs 01 i 00 a ***'s Gift 02 i 00 to defeat Ghana" was one of the many examples I found on the web (... nothing persona
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