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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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When a noun like "Mary" is used as a possessive (as in "Mary's book"), is it referred to as an adjective?
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No. In Mary's book , Mary is known as a 'genitive dependent'. I won't bore you with the grammar - suffice to say that Mary is not an adjective in such cases.
- No.
- In Mary's book , Mary is known as a 'genitive dependent'.
- I won't bore you with the grammar - suffice to say that Mary is not an adjective in such cases.
- In simple terms it's a possessor noun .
- BillJ
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No. In Mary's book, Mary is known as a 'genitive dependent'. I won't bore you with the grammar - suffice to say that Mary is not an adjective in such cases. In simple terms it's a possessor noun.
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