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Zwqing Posted 18 years ago
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investors fund/investors' funds/investors funds/investor funds
0 Hi. Can you clarify for me what each phrase means? Are they all correct? Do we only use apostrophe for humans not on animal and plants? If possible please treat 3 questions separately. Thanks in adv. as always! 0-
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02 br 00 01 b 00 6,230 02 b 00 for 01 b 00 "investor's 05 4 00 " 02 b 02 br 00 Obviously, Ms Google does not discriminate between " 01 b 00 -rs 02 b 00 " and " 01 b 00 -rs' 02 b 00 "... and probably confuses the other premutations somewhat as well. 02 br 01 i 00 Investor funds 02 i 00 -- 01 i 00 investor 02 i 00 is an adjective describing the funds 02 br 01 i 00 Investors funds 02 i 00 -- as above, but plural (which is not the usual way we do it: it's 01 i 00 shoe store 02 i 00 , not 01 i 00 shoes store 02 i 00 ..
- 02 br 00 01 b 00 6,230 02 b 00 for 01 b 00 "investor's 05 4 00 " 02 b 02 br 00 Obviously, Ms Google does not discriminate between " 01 b 00 -rs 02 b 00 " and " 01 b 00 -rs' 02 b 00 "...
- and probably confuses the other premutations somewhat as well.
- 02 br 01 i 00 Investor funds 02 i 00 -- 01 i 00 investor 02 i 00 is an adjective describing the funds 02 br 01 i 00 Investors funds 02 i 00 -- as above, but plural (which is not the usual way we do it: it's 01 i 00 shoe store 02 i 00 , not 01 i 00 shoes store 02 i 00 ..
- but on the other hand 01 i 00 sportswear 02 i 00 ) 02 br 01 i 00 Investors' funds 02 i 00 -- the funds belong to the investors.
- com/funds%26r%3D67&usg=AFQjCNGBO9k2x4826oE_MByB2ZZ8jsP7yAc funds
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0 . 02 br
00 The nature of the organism does not apply here; that is a question for the use of the 01 i 01 b 00 's 02 b 02 i 00 genitive vs the 01 b 01 i 00 of 02 i 02 b 00 -genitive ( 01 i 00 the girl's feet vs the feet of the table 02 i 00 ) 02 br
01 b 00 205,000 02 b 00 for 01 b 00 "
00 The nature of the organism does not apply here; that is a question for the use of the 01 i 01 b 00 's 02 b 02 i 00 genitive vs the 01 b 01 i 00 of 02 i 02 b 00 -genitive ( 01 i 00 the girl's feet vs the feet of the table 02 i 00 ) 02 br
01 b 00 205,000 02 b 00 for 01 b 00 "
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0 My feeling is that only 02 br
01 i 01 b 00 investor 02 b 00 funds 02 i 02 br
00 is correct, the other are confused variations with the same meaning, except for 02 br
01 i 00 investor's funds 02 i 02 br
00 which 01 b 00 may 02 b 00 indicate that the funds belong to the investors, but not necessarily, with
01 i 01 b 00 investor 02 b 00 funds 02 i 02 br
00 is correct, the other are confused variations with the same meaning, except for 02 br
01 i 00 investor's funds 02 i 02 br
00 which 01 b 00 may 02 b 00 indicate that the funds belong to the investors, but not necessarily, with
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