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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

On possessives

Which one do you prefer?

1. Close study questions the reality of the tax burdens of the rich.
2. Close study questions the reality of the rich's tax burdens.
  

Top answer

definitely. It might be because "the rich" is too broad to make a possessive with 's sound right.

  • definitely.
  • It might be because "the rich" is too broad to make a possessive with 's sound right.
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...burdens of the rich...definitely.
It might be because "the rich" is too broad to make a possessive with 's sound right.

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