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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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Article usage before possessive

0Can articles "a, an, the" be used before possessive nouns? Can you explain with examples and check these examples are correct.02br
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00the poisson's ratio02br
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0Yes, they absolutely can.02br
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00With your examples, shouldn't the P and B be capitalized?02br
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00Here's an example from Wikipedia: 01i00For a perfectly incompressible material, the Poisson's ratio would be exactly 0.5.02i0-
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0 In English you DO NOT use the definite article THE: 01ol
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  1. 00before nouns in the possessive case ('s) if the noun does not take THE.02br
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    00e.g. The plaintiff learned of THE Mary Brown's responsibility in the theft by reading the defendant's diary. (Wrong)02br
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    00Instead of02br
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    00The plai
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0AS it said 'if the noun does not take THE'.02br
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00Mary Brown wouldn't usually take 'the' even when it is not a possessive. The possessive part is not really relevant.02br
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00Is that the Mary Brown I see over there? (a famous one/one I have heard of as opposed to any other Mary Brown).02br
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00Is that the Mary Brown's lipsti
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