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Anonymous Posted 4 years ago
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Mr. Biden's to waive

While Barr thinks that Trump might be able to block some testimony with an executive privilege argument, he said, "I don't think it would block all the testimony." He ticked off a list of ways in which a privilege argument "is inapplicable here."

"One argument," he said, "is that it was waived by Biden and it will have to be litigated — whether Biden can do it or whether Trump can do it."

The former president's lawsuits to shield documents or testimony with privilege arguments have so far been rejected by the courts, on the grounds that the requests have been valid and the privilege was Mr. Biden's to waive.

NBC.

Is "Mr. Biden's" a genitive NP or a contraction of the noun and verb (is/has)?

  

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anonymous Is "Mr. Biden's" a genitive NP or a contraction of the noun and verb (is/has)? It is not a contraction.

  • anonymous Is "Mr.
  • Biden's" a genitive NP or a contraction of the noun and verb (is/has)?
  • It is not a contraction.
  • I don't call those things genitive but possessive because English does not have a genitive case.
  • The privilege belongs to Biden.
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anonymousIs "Mr. Biden's" a genitive NP or a contraction of the noun and verb (is/has)?

It is not a contraction. I don't call those things genitive but possessive because English does not have a genitive case. The privilege belongs to Biden.

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