Genitive Noun Phrase

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Hi.I just wanna ask you to help me.What is the meaning of Genitive Noun Phrase? Give Me example.thanks a lot.

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

I just want to ask you to help me. (wanna is not an English word.)
What is the meaning of Genitive Noun Phrase?
Please give me an example.
thanks a lot.

Here are some examples. The genitive noun phrase is underlined:

Poor Richard's almanac. (the almanac of poor Richard, written by Benjamin Franklin.) http://www.readbookonline.net/read/54245/102396/
the spotted dog's bone. (the bone that belongs to the spotted dog)
the little brown pony's pedigree (the pedigree of the little brown pony)
my sister-in-law's iPhone.

BillJ · Answer

The chief meaning of 'genitive' is possession ("my son's bike" = his bike), but it can also be used to express several other meanings too, such as: origin ("the girl's story"); descriptive ("a summer's day"); measure ("an hour's delay"). A genitive noun phrase may be either a noun or a genitive personal pronoun. Here are some examples of the most common kinds, where the genitive NPs are underlined:

Nouns:

Ed's mother has taken ill.
I resent Gill's joining the party.
They live in an old people's home.
My house is not as big as Tom's.
We ate at Bert's.

Genitive Pronouns:
Have you seen his notepad?
The dog has buried its bone.
Do you object to my joining the party?
My essay was not as good as hers.
Tom is a cousin of mine.
It is all yours.

BillJ

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