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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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the English love affair
'the English love affair with gardening'
(https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/love-affair?q=love+affair)
/I think I need an apostrophe, and that should be changed into the English's love affair with gardening. (like my love affair with sailing) Am I wrong?
(https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/love-affair?q=love+affair)
/I think I need an apostrophe, and that should be changed into the English's love affair with gardening. (like my love affair with sailing) Am I wrong?
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Anonymous Am I wrong? Yes. Words like English, French, Dutch and so on can't be used in the genitive.
- Anonymous Am I wrong?
- Yes.
- Words like English, French, Dutch and so on can't be used in the genitive.
- You need the of-structure, which can be translated as genitive in many other languages: the problems of the English = the problems of English people.
- CB
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AnonymousAm I wrong?Yes. Words like English, French, Dutch and so on can't be used in the genitive. You need the of-structure, which can be translated as genitive in many other languages: the problems of the English = the problems of English people.
CB
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