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Tarirotari Posted 16 years ago
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Kahn buildings (possessive)
where you could see other Gaudi buildings
where you could see other Gaudi 's buildings
where you could see other buildings by/of Gaudi
where you could see other buildings of Gaudi
Are all the options above correct? Which would you use?
Thanks
where you could see other Gaudi 's buildings
where you could see other buildings by/of Gaudi
where you could see other buildings of Gaudi
Are all the options above correct? Which would you use?
Thanks
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Hi tarirotari; This is the one I would use: where you could see other buildings designed by Gaudi ("of" is not the correct preposition) Comments: where you could see other Gaudi buildings - would be confused in speaking with "gaudy" where you could see other Gaudi 's buildings - it isn't correct to have both "other" and "Gaudi's" as modifiers. Either one or the other is OK, but not both. where you could see other examples of Gaudi 's buildings- OK
- Hi tarirotari; This is the one I would use: where you could see other buildings designed by Gaudi ("of" is not the correct preposition) Comments: where you could see other Gaudi buildings - would be confused in speaking with "gaudy" where you could see other Gaudi 's buildings - it isn't correct to have both "other" and "Gaudi's" as modifiers.
- Either one or the other is OK, but not both.
- where you could see other examples of Gaudi 's buildings- OK
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Hi tarirotari;
This is the one I would use:
where you could see other buildings designed by Gaudi ("of" is not the correct preposition)
Comments:
where you could see other Gaudi buildings - would be confused in speaking with "gaudy"
where you could see other Gaudi 's buildings - it isn't correct to have both "other" and "Gaudi's" as modifiers
This is the one I would use:
where you could see other buildings designed by Gaudi ("of" is not the correct preposition)
Comments:
where you could see other Gaudi buildings - would be confused in speaking with "gaudy"
where you could see other Gaudi 's buildings - it isn't correct to have both "other" and "Gaudi's" as modifiers
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Thanks a lot.
So, in writing, would it be ok to have:
where you could see other Gaudi buildings
Can proper names modify other names to convey this same semantical relationship (author-work)
Shakespeare plays
Picasso paintings, etc
Or is, in some cases, the possessive form necessary?
Cheers
So, in writing, would it be ok to have:
where you could see other Gaudi buildings
Can proper names modify other names to convey this same semantical relationship (author-work)
Shakespeare plays
Picasso paintings, etc
Or is, in some cases, the possessive form necessary?
Cheers
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Hi
I've mainly seen the possessive form:
Shakespeare's plays
Picasso's paintings
I have seen the non-possessive when the noun is dropped:
Is that a real Picasso (painting)?
The other time is if it is part of the name:
Rockefeller Center (Rockefeller owned it and had it built, so he could name it after himself)
It is "safer" to use the phras
I've mainly seen the possessive form:
Shakespeare's plays
Picasso's paintings
I have seen the non-possessive when the noun is dropped:
Is that a real Picasso (painting)?
The other time is if it is part of the name:
Rockefeller Center (Rockefeller owned it and had it built, so he could name it after himself)
It is "safer" to use the phras
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