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Believer Posted 19 years ago
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Hi,
I think there is such a thing as the "genitive of purpose" and a typical example of it is "a girl's school," in which the phrase "girl's school" identifies or tells us that it is a school only girls attend. Can "a girl's shirt" fit in that category too?
(Walks into the store)
John: Hi, I would like to buy a nice girl's shirt for the upcoming my niece's birthday. Do you have something in stock?
Clerk: Sure, I have a nice girl's shirt in that rack. I think it would be a good shirt for you to buy because the style of it is very much in demand now and lots of girls in your niece's age seem to like it.
Then again, how would you know if we are talking about a shirt that belongs to a girl or it is a shirt that is made for girls?
I think there is such a thing as the "genitive of purpose" and a typical example of it is "a girl's school," in which the phrase "girl's school" identifies or tells us that it is a school only girls attend. Can "a girl's shirt" fit in that category too?
(Walks into the store)
John: Hi, I would like to buy a nice girl's shirt for the upcoming my niece's birthday. Do you have something in stock?
Clerk: Sure, I have a nice girl's shirt in that rack. I think it would be a good shirt for you to buy because the style of it is very much in demand now and lots of girls in your niece's age seem to like it.
Then again, how would you know if we are talking about a shirt that belongs to a girl or it is a shirt that is made for girls?
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Hi, I think there is such a thing as the "genitive of purpose" and a typical example of it is "a girl's school," in which the phrase "girl's school" identifies or tells us that it is a school only girls attend. Can "a girl's shirt" fit in that category too? << These two examples sound similar to me.
- Hi, I think there is such a thing as the "genitive of purpose" and a typical example of it is "a girl's school," in which the phrase "girl's school" identifies or tells us that it is a school only girls attend.
- Can "a girl's shirt" fit in that category too?
- << These two examples sound similar to me.
- (Walks into the store) John: Hi, I would like to buy a nice girl's shirt for the upcoming my niece's birthday.
- Do you have something in stock?
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Hi,
I think there is such a thing as the "genitive of purpose" and a typical example of it is "a girl's school," in which the phrase "girl's school" identifies or tells us that it is a school only girls attend. Can "a girl's shirt" fit in that category too?<< These two examples sound similar to me.
(Walks into the store)
I think there is such a thing as the "genitive of purpose" and a typical example of it is "a girl's school," in which the phrase "girl's school" identifies or tells us that it is a school only girls attend. Can "a girl's shirt" fit in that category too?<< These two examples sound similar to me.
(Walks into the store)
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BelieverI think there is such a thing as the "genitive of purpose" and a typical example of it is "a girl's school," in which the phrase "girl's school" identifies or tells us that it is a school only girls attend.Hi Believer
If more than one girl attend the school, the plu
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