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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

The omission of the possessive case

That dog escapade seems to have cost him his athletic career.

I think "'s" has been omitted after "dog."
If so, I'd like to know I can omit the possessive case at my will when saying phrases related to ownership of something.
Thank you in advance for your help.
  

Top answer

For simplicity of reference, let's say that the person involved is 'Tom'. ie That dog escapade seems to have cost Tom his athletic career. That dog escapade refers to an escapade that involved a dog.

— Clive

  • For simplicity of reference, let's say that the person involved is 'Tom'.
  • ie That dog escapade seems to have cost Tom his athletic career.
  • That dog escapade refers to an escapade that involved a dog.
  • But the escapade is Tom's escapade.
  • You could word the sentence this way.
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For simplicity of reference, let's say that the person involved is 'Tom'.
ie That dog escapade seems to have cost Tom his athletic career.

That dog escapade refers to an escapade that involved a dog.
But the escapade is Tom's escapa
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Thank you, Clive, for your kind answer. Emotion: smile
I'd like to know why you think dogs can't do escapade and what you mean by "Tom's escap
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park sang joonThat dog escapade seems to have cost him his athletic career. I think "'s" has been omitted after "dog."
No. Nothing has been omitted. A 'dog escapade' is an escapade that involves a dog, but it is not an escapade in which a dog was the principal agent, and the escapade is certainly not one of the dog's possessions. This distinction often occu
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