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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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possessive of inanimate objects

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00Is possessives of inanimate objects OK? I feel the possessive in certan situations is correct but not in all, and the use seems to be in decline.02br
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00If this is something to be avoided, how would you avoid it?02br
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00How about this?02br
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00a fund for the stocks' disbursements02br
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00Which one is inanimate, the word 'stock' or 'disbursement' or both? 0-
  

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02br 00It should still be avoided. It sounds odd, at the least, in good writing. There is nothing reprehensible about "a fund for disbursement of stock" (all 3 nouns are inanimate, but the applicable one is "stock")-- though I must admit that I don't understand its meaning.

— Mister Micawber

  • 02br 00It should still be avoided.
  • It sounds odd, at the least, in good writing.
  • There is nothing reprehensible about "a fund for disbursement of stock" (all 3 nouns are inanimate, but the applicable one is "stock")-- though I must admit that I don't understand its meaning.
  • Would it be "fund for disbursement of stock dividends"?
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00It should still be avoided. It sounds odd, at the least, in good writing. There is nothing reprehensible about "a fund for disbursement of stock" (all 3 nouns are inanimate, but the applicable one is "stock")-- though I must admit that I don't understand its meaning. Would it be "fund for disbursement of stock dividends"? 0-
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