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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Form of 's

i know the followings

John's room -Ok

A room of my sister- X

but I 've seen the followings many times

'learning ability of stuedents"

I think that 'students' learning aility' is correct

if two sentences are correct

Why is 'a room of my sister ' wrong and 'learning ability of students' is correct?
  

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You can say students' learning ability or the learning ability of students. Even a room of my sister may occasionally occur in texts by erudite writers but more often it would be a room of my sister's. That is possible if your sister has several rooms and you are referring to one of them: This is a room of my sister' s .

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  • You can say students' learning ability or the learning ability of students.
  • Even a room of my sister may occasionally occur in texts by erudite writers but more often it would be a room of my sister's.
  • That is possible if your sister has several rooms and you are referring to one of them: This is a room of my sister' s .
  • If she has only one room, you would say: This is my sister's room.
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You can say students' learning ability or the learning ability of students. Even a room of my sister may occasionally occur in texts by erudite writers but more often it would be a room of my sister's. That is possible if your sister has several rooms and you are referring to one of them: This is a room o
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In addition, it is often better style to avoid the Anglo-Saxon possessive of a plural noun-- the apostrophe can be distracting. It is is often even better to adjectivize the plural noun: student learning ability.
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Anonymous 'learning ability of stuedents"

I think that 'students' learning aility' is correct

if two sentences are correct

Why is 'a room of my sister ' wrong and 'learning ability of students' is correct?
Many of these decisions are made on the basis of style, not on the basis of grammar. Note that there are thousands and th
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