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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Possessive, noun + noun, or of the

I know there is an opening debate about whether or not it is right to use the possessive form for inanimated objects. Still, I would like to know your opinion about which of the forms below are right or at least sound natural to a native speaker.

- The facility's pipes.

-The facility pipes

-The pipes of the facility.

-The pipe's joints.

-The pipe joints.

-The joints of the pipe.
  

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-The facility's pipes. -The facility pipes -The pipes of the facility. None of these sound natural.

— CalifJim

  • -The facility's pipes.
  • -The facility pipes -The pipes of the facility.
  • None of these sound natural.
  • facility is the problem for me, not the grammatical constructions.
  • -The pipe's joints.
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-The facility's pipes.

-The facility pipes

-The pipes of the facility.

None of these sound natural. facility is the problem for me, not the grammatical constructions.

-The pipe's joints.
-The pipe joints.
-The joints of the pipe.

pipe joints, the compound noun, is most natural for me.

Nine times out of ten the compound no
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Thanks for answering.

What would you suggest then? Unity? research facility?
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I guess I'm not sure what you meant by 'facility'. The research facility is a building? (It can't be unity.) In that case, I'd say

the pipes in the research facility

CJ
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It is not a building. It is just a small research facilty inside a room, containing pipes where gaseous mixtures are passing through.
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OK. Then the pipes in the research facility will be fine.

CJ
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