Professor A's current room
Professor A is moving to a new room in the near future (say, next week). The old room he is currently using will be used by someone else. In this case, can we say "Professor A's current room" as opposed to "Professor A's new room"?
I noticed that this has the same construction as "Emperor's new clothes", but I wondered why I can't say "new Emperor's clothes". Or can I?
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"new Emperor's clothes". You are talking about clothes that belong to the new Emperor. "Emperor's new clothes".
- "new Emperor's clothes".
- You are talking about clothes that belong to the new Emperor.
- "Emperor's new clothes".
- You are talking about new clothes that belong to the Emperor.
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"new Emperor's clothes". You are talking about clothes that belong to the new Emperor.
"Emperor's new clothes". You are talking about new clothes that belong to the Emperor.
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