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Debpriya De Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Genitive Form
What would be the genitive form of "each of you", "one/two/three of you/them/us" etc.?
1. "I will steal each of your marbles" (It means that I will steal all of your marbles)
2. "I will steal each of you's marbles" (It sounds like it means that I will steal marbles from each one of you)
1. "I will steal each of your marbles" (It means that I will steal all of your marbles)
2. "I will steal each of you's marbles" (It sounds like it means that I will steal marbles from each one of you)
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each of you genitive: I want to know each of your names. : One of your colleagues is not here. : Two of your colleagues are not here.
- each of you genitive: I want to know each of your names.
- : One of your colleagues is not here.
- : Two of your colleagues are not here.
- : Three of your colleagues are not here.
- : I saw their distress signal.
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each of you
genitive: I want to know each of your names.
one of you
gen.: One of your colleagues is not here.
two of you
gen.: Two of your colleagues are not here.
three of you
gen.: Three of your colleagues are not here.
them
gen.: I saw their distress signal.
us
gen.: They saw our distress si
genitive: I want to know each of your names.
one of you
gen.: One of your colleagues is not here.
two of you
gen.: Two of your colleagues are not here.
three of you
gen.: Three of your colleagues are not here.
them
gen.: I saw their distress signal.
us
gen.: They saw our distress si
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Okay let's take ths example :
The father of one of them is a prison guard.
How can I rephrase this with apostrophe instead of "of" ?
One of them's father is a prison guard.
The father of one of them is a prison guard.
How can I rephrase this with apostrophe instead of "of" ?
One of them's father is a prison guard.
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One of their fathers is a prison guard.
Since you have not specified the person whose father is a guard, this will do.
Since you have not specified the person whose father is a guard, this will do.
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"I will steal your every marble" addresing the whole group is fine to me.
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"One of them's father is a prison guard." is not correct. There's no such word as "them's." "The father of one of them is a prison guard." is fine. You could also say, "One of their fathers is a prison guard."
If you want to use an apostrophe, then "them" has to be specified, so you can make it into a possessive form. For example, the following are correct for various kinds of "them
If you want to use an apostrophe, then "them" has to be specified, so you can make it into a possessive form. For example, the following are correct for various kinds of "them
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