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Natybrazil Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

possessive case!!!

Hello

I was wondering which one of the following is better:

CCAA's owner

or

The owner of CCAA.

( CCAA is the name of a school)

If I say the first sentence, does it mean that ccaa owns its owner as in John's book? John is the owner of the book. The first word owns the second.

Thanks a lot
  

Top answer

Normally the '-s' form is used for ownership by people and the 'of --' form is used for 'ownership' by everything else. However, companies, institutions, pets, and other people-like entities also take easily to the Anglo-Saxon genitive. In your case, either will work just fine.

— Mister Micawber

  • Normally the '-s' form is used for ownership by people and the 'of --' form is used for 'ownership' by everything else.
  • However, companies, institutions, pets, and other people-like entities also take easily to the Anglo-Saxon genitive.
  • In your case, either will work just fine.
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Normally the '-s' form is used for ownership by people and the 'of --' form is used for 'ownership' by everything else. However, companies, institutions, pets, and other people-like entities also take easily to the Anglo-Saxon genitive.

In your case, either will work just fine.
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