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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

dog kennel / dog's kennel

can I say,

He washed the dog's kennel / dog kennel.

He washed the kennel of the dog.
  

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If you say he washed the dog's kennel, I understand that you are talking about a specific dog and the kennel belongs to it. If you say he washed the dog kennel I understand that a dog kennel was washed by him. It can be any dog kennel.

— Doll

  • If you say he washed the dog's kennel, I understand that you are talking about a specific dog and the kennel belongs to it.
  • If you say he washed the dog kennel I understand that a dog kennel was washed by him.
  • It can be any dog kennel.
  • To me the last sentence is wrong.
  • You are talking about a living creature here, the dog, and it can posses anything so don't use "the..
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If you say he washed the dog's kennel, I understand that you are talking about a specific dog and the kennel belongs to it.

If you say he washed the dog kennel I understand that a dog kennel was washed by him. It can be any dog kennel.

To me the last sentence is wrong. You are talking about a living creature here, the dog, and it can posses anything so don't use "the.. of" f
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I personally believe it depends.......you can say  the dog's kennel if the dog you are talking about is his own dog.....the rule says you should use the dog's kennel form if the kennel belongs to the dog.....as far as the dog kennel form goes I think it's possible to use that too if the kennel you are talking about is a general one....I'll try to give you more examples

he went to the sto
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Anonymous
he went to the store and bought a dog kennel

Is 'dog' redundant?

kennel

• noun 1 a small shelter for a dog
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