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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Question about how to express ownership with respect to the people of a generation

I have a grammatical question about the following sentence: “This is true until you realize that these people grew up to invent most of the infrastructure of the world today, so stooping down to their level is basically a disrespect to their ___work.” Would it be more correct to fill the blank with “lives'”, “life's”, or “respective life's”?
  

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” Would it be more correct to fill the blank with “lives'”, “life's”, or “respective life's”? I would choose life's . L ife's work is a pretty standard pharse.

— Clive

  • ” Would it be more correct to fill the blank with “lives'”, “life's”, or “respective life's”?
  • I would choose life's .
  • L ife's work is a pretty standard pharse.
  • #1 is OK.
  • #3 sounds odd.
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Hi,

I have a grammatical question about the following sentence:

“This is true until you realize that these people grew up to invent most of the infrastructure of the world today, so stooping
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I'd write "to their lives' work".

CJ
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