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Grammar

Saxon genitive

I would like to now if following sentence is correct:

It is Susan's sister's sweater.

This means that the sweater belongs to Susan's sister.If this sentence is not correct please give me the correct one.
  

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Hi, there is nothing wrong in ur sentence, but a better way of writitng the sentence would be: It is the sweater of Susan's sister. hope that helps

— Yskh81

  • Hi, there is nothing wrong in ur sentence, but a better way of writitng the sentence would be: It is the sweater of Susan's sister.
  • hope that helps
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Hi,
there is nothing wrong in ur sentence, but a better way of writitng the sentence would be:

It is the sweater of Susan's sister.

hope that helps
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there is nothing wrong in ur sentence, but a better way of writitng the sentence would be:

It is the sweater of Susan's sister. >

I disagree.
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Why do you disagree, milky???


Btw: Why is it called "Saxon Genitive"? Does anyone know??
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"it is the sweater of susan's sister" sounds very clumsy - so I agree with milky's disagreement -

I also don't know why it should be called a Saxon genitive except in as much as the shreds of case system we have left in English originate from Anglo-Saxon invasions? I've never heard that phrase used b4
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saxon must be with anglo-saxon... or smtg like that.

genitive, because like latin, it means that smtg belongs to smtg else.
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didn't anyone study latin over here?.... Nominative, Vocative, Accusative, Genitive, Dative and Ablative.
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It is called saxon genitive, because it comes from the genitive case of old english.
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Hope you can help me. Is it correct:

"China's and India's foreign policies" ?

Thank you in advance,

M
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0It is better if you say: China and India´s foreign policies. When there are two possessors the Saxon Genitive goes with the last one.0-
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10Btw: Why is it called "Saxon Genitive"? Does anyone know??12blockquote
10Becuse it is the only noun inflection surviving from Old English or Anglo-01font00Saxon 02font02br
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