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Hi Ticce

This is John's car.

Where is Peter's scarf.

Meet Jane's mother.

Look at my friend's car.

Tom

Thank you Tom,
This is interesting to see the lack of logic of English in this case.

The article the can be used in this constrcution

"They started to walk back towards the John's car." Why use the here at all then?And if we can use THE why A is not right?

Another example
May I speak to the manager? - (if there is only one manager)

Hi

We use "a" when we are not specific.

I want a car = any car; not specific

When you say John's car you are very specific.

There are any number of instances where the listener knows what the speaker means, so the sounds much more better than a.

Can I use

Mr. TomWhen you say John's car you are very specific.

Well, the extent of specification here is contingent on the number of cars which John might have.

If he had 10 cars then we would say

This is a car of John's. - So A fits here perfectly.

Still, it is not right to say
THis is a John's car.

And this is not logical.....

TicceIf John had several cars and we would like to point at one of them saying - This is one of his cars. Would it be ok to sayThis is a John's car.orThis is John's car.

What you're looking for is this: This is one of John's cars. Or, This is a car of John's. You cannot connect an article directly to a possessive of a proper noun, as in *

Thank you Jim,

How would you comment on this passage from a book by Joe Marvic.

if you go to books.google. and paste this sentence

"They started to walk back towards the John's car."

You will see it writen there

Is it an oversight or how can it be explained?

Neither the author nor the editor of that book are very good.

the John's car is a mistake of grammar.

In just one minute I found another mistake in the introduction "About the Author":

Having played the guitar and wrote songs ...

should be
Having played the guitar and written songs ...

If I were you, I would not trust this book

Jim,
Thank you, I wouldn't trust the book.

Oops......... I have come across "a children's room"

Well, if room here doesn't have to have an article then how children can have the article a?

Ticcehow can children can have the article a?

a children's room is a room for children. It may sound strange, but it's OK. a goes with room, not with children.

It's not that the pattern is wrong; it's that the