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Walsemge Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
Place of suject
As a Dutch studend od English I like to ask a question.
What is correct:
1) The car of my father is blue
2) My father's car is blue.
or
3) The weather of today is very wet.
4) Todays' whether is very wet.
My gues is number 2 and number 4 are correct, but why is this so.
What good book is explaining the english gramar.
I like to buy this next week, while I am on holiday in Brighton.
Greetings,
Wim Alsemgeest
What is correct:
1) The car of my father is blue
2) My father's car is blue.
or
3) The weather of today is very wet.
4) Todays' whether is very wet.
My gues is number 2 and number 4 are correct, but why is this so.
What good book is explaining the english gramar.
I like to buy this next week, while I am on holiday in Brighton.
Greetings,
Wim Alsemgeest
Top answer
With inanimate objects, we normally use *** to show possession rather than an apostrophe ***: The side of the car. My father's car. In the first sentence the subject of the sentence is car which is inanimate.
- With inanimate objects, we normally use *** to show possession rather than an apostrophe ***: The side of the car.
- My father's car.
- In the first sentence the subject of the sentence is car which is inanimate.
- In the second sentence father is the subject and that is animate.
- This is the *** rule but in your second sentence we would say "Today's weather" even though "today" is inanimate.
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With inanimate objects, we normally use *** to show possession rather than an apostrophe ***:
The side of the car.
My father's car.
In the first sentence the subject of the sentence is car which is inanimate. In the second sentence father is the subject and that is animate.
This is the *** rule but in your second sentence we would say "Today's weather" even
The side of the car.
My father's car.
In the first sentence the subject of the sentence is car which is inanimate. In the second sentence father is the subject and that is animate.
This is the *** rule but in your second sentence we would say "Today's weather" even
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