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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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subjective genitive and objective genitive

What is the difference between them? Is "the principal's resignation" subjective or objective?
  

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The principal resigned. (subject)

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The principal resigned. (subject)
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anonymous What is the difference between them? Is "the principal's resignation" subjective or objective?

Note an ambiguous case which may illustrate the difference for you:

the principal's punishment

1. The principal punished someone. (subjective)
2. Someone punished the principal. (objective)

CJ

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subjective genitive and objective genitive

What do you mean by subjective or objective genitive? Is it a genitive phrase functioning as a subject or object? So, if that's the case, then, for example, as a subject or object it could be used like this:

My/His/Her/Bob's car has broken down. (A GP as a subject.)

She is visiting Martin's grandparents next wee

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