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New2grammar Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
possessive
There's a car engine sitting on the floor of my garage and I would say:
1. The car engine is still in good condition though it looks old.
If there's a car instead of just a car engine in my garage, to emphasize that the engine belongs to the car, I would say:
2. The car's engine is still in good condition though it looks older than the car itself.
If my interpretation is correct, #1 shouldn't take the possive form because it misleads the listener to think there's a car in the garage and the speaker is refering to the engine in the car.
Is my usage of the possesive form correct?
Thanks in advance!
1. The car engine is still in good condition though it looks old.
If there's a car instead of just a car engine in my garage, to emphasize that the engine belongs to the car, I would say:
2. The car's engine is still in good condition though it looks older than the car itself.
If my interpretation is correct, #1 shouldn't take the possive form because it misleads the listener to think there's a car in the garage and the speaker is refering to the engine in the car.
Is my usage of the possesive form correct?
Thanks in advance!
Top answer
Your sentences are correct. And I wouldn't comment #1 as you do.
- Your sentences are correct.
- And I wouldn't comment #1 as you do.
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Do you mean you don't agree with my interpretation hightlighted in red below? What's your interpretation then?
There's a car engine sitting on the floor of my garage and I would say:
1. The car engine is still in good condition though it looks old.
If there's a car instead of just a car engine in my garage, to emphasize that the engine belongs to the car, I would say:
There's a car engine sitting on the floor of my garage and I would say:
1. The car engine is still in good condition though it looks old.
If there's a car instead of just a car engine in my garage, to emphasize that the engine belongs to the car, I would say:
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Hi dear,
If you want to give( or emphasize) the meaning that there is a car in the garage and the engine belong's to it, you say the car's engine..... However, if you just say the car engine..., it may not give you the meaning that there is a car in the garage and it belongs to it. You may be talking only about a car engine.
This is how I comment i
If you want to give( or emphasize) the meaning that there is a car in the garage and the engine belong's to it, you say the car's engine..... However, if you just say the car engine..., it may not give you the meaning that there is a car in the garage and it belongs to it. You may be talking only about a car engine.
This is how I comment i
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