Possessive form when there are more than 2 words

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0Hello, I have read several articles about the possessive form but all the examples only use two words i.e. the car keys, the house roof etc… What happens when there more than two words. 02br02br00 Like for example in order to say: the maximum duration of the recording of the alarm message. 02br02br00Which one is correct? 02br01ul02br01li00The maximum duration of the recording of the alarm message02li02br01li00The alarm message recording maximum duration02li02br01li00The maximum duration of the alarm message recording 02li02ul00Is there a rule for this ? Thank you! 0-

Pifoux2000 · Accepted Answer

0same for:02br
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00 "00Changing the Language of the Recording of the Alarm Message"02br
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00What is the best way to say this? 0-

BarbaraPA · Answer

0There's no "rule" except for the one that says "don't make your reader work hard to understand what you mean."02br
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00Your second bullet is awful in that regard.02br
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00Your first one is okay, but it seems to emphasize the process of creating the recording - not the resulting (noun) recording itself. This applies to your second post as well - it's not the "recording process" you want to talk about. Changing the language of the alarm message recording.02br
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00Your third one is the easiest for me to understand.02br
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00But why do you need to call it a recording at all? Is it not a "Message"? The maximum duration of the alarm message. Changing the language of the alarm message.0-

Pifoux2000 · Answer

0Hello,02br
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00thank you for spending time to answer my question. Indeed the third one was also the best according to me.02br
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00This piece of text is actually talking about the recording process of an alarm message. I want to ask the user if he wants to set a maximum duration after which the recording process of the alarm message will stop.02br
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00Sorry for my poor english I hope you understand.... ;-) 02br
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00So the user would get a message like:02br
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00"Do you want to set a maximum duration for the alarm message recording to '***' seconds for alarm number 5000 ?" 02br
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00This sentence really sound strange to me now... can you correct it ? 05000)))02br
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00Thanks a lot. 010id1

BarbaraPA · Answer

0Try this:02br
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00How many seconds do you want to allow for the maximum lenght of the alarm message for alarm number 5000?0-

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