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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
's or not?
When does something require 's to denote ownership or a property/characterstic and when not?
For example: Why is it "Sound properties" and not "Sound's properties"?
For example: Why is it "Sound properties" and not "Sound's properties"?
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There is no rule for that. You just have to learn the use of the apostrophe and s for each case. Don't be misled by your mother tongue.
- There is no rule for that.
- You just have to learn the use of the apostrophe and s for each case.
- Don't be misled by your mother tongue.
- The genitive is often used differently in English.
- To give you an example, in my native Finnish the genitive is used in these cases: Where is the car key?
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There is no rule for that. You just have to learn the use of the apostrophe and s for each case. Don't be misled by your mother tongue. The genitive is often used differently in English. To give you an example, in my native Finnish the genitive is used in these cases:
Where is the car key?
I can see the mountain top.
CB
Where is the car key?
I can see the mountain top.
CB
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AnonymousWhy is it "Sound properties" and not "Sound's properties"?I can't answer why, but it's worth noting that if the first word references a person or higher animal, 1) we usually use the 's. Otherwise, the next most usual pattern is simply 2) two nouns in a row. The least used pattern is 3) the pattern with 'of', in which the head word is often
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