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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Determiner

at a friend's house

Does the determiner "a" refers to "friend" or to the "house" in the above prepositional phrase?
  

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The article modifies friend's. CB

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  • The article modifies friend's.
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The article modifies friend's.

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Cool BreezeThe article modifies friend's. CB
Thank you for the clarification.
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AnonymousDoes the determiner "a" refers refer to "friend" or to the "house" in the above prepositional phrase?
Determiners in that position always go with the possessive.

[a friend's] car (It's "the car of a friend".)
[my friend's] house (It's not "my house". It's "the house of my frie
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CalifJimDeterminers in that position always go with the possessive
Thank you for the detailed explanation and the correction.
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