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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Possessive question
Hi teachers,
I have a question regarding the possessive form in English.
Usually, one adds 's or just the apostrophe to indicate a possession:
Penny's house
Leonard's dog
I have also seen forms where the possessor is used as an adjective:
Google headquarters instead of Google's headquarters.
Is there a rule for this?
(I'm French, so sorry is this is a dumb question :-)...)
I have a question regarding the possessive form in English.
Usually, one adds 's or just the apostrophe to indicate a possession:
Penny's house
Leonard's dog
I have also seen forms where the possessor is used as an adjective:
Google headquarters instead of Google's headquarters.
Is there a rule for this?
(I'm French, so sorry is this is a dumb question :-)...)
Top answer
Not a dumb question at all. If the 'possessor' is not a person, we more often use the simple noun-as-adjective instead of a possessive form.
- Not a dumb question at all.
- If the 'possessor' is not a person, we more often use the simple noun-as-adjective instead of a possessive form.
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Not a dumb question at all. If the 'possessor' is not a person, we more often use the simple noun-as-adjective instead of a possessive form.
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