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Believer Posted 19 years ago
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what are they modifying?
0 Hi, 02 br
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00 I was looking at the bartleby.com website on possessive constructions and came upon these. 02 br
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01 i 01 u 00 a 02 u 00 women's college -- to indicate a purpose?? 02 i 02 br
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01 i 01 u 00 a 02 u 00 three months' journey 02 i 02 br
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00 What do the two "as" modify? It is my knowledge the articles usually modify the nouns that immediately follow except when a noun functions as a sort of adjective as in "a 01 u 00 children's 02 u 00 center." Here, 01 i 00 children's 02 i 00 is functioning as an adjective, I think. 0-
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00 I was looking at the bartleby.com website on possessive constructions and came upon these. 02 br
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01 i 01 u 00 a 02 u 00 women's college -- to indicate a purpose?? 02 i 02 br
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01 i 01 u 00 a 02 u 00 three months' journey 02 i 02 br
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00 What do the two "as" modify? It is my knowledge the articles usually modify the nouns that immediately follow except when a noun functions as a sort of adjective as in "a 01 u 00 children's 02 u 00 center." Here, 01 i 00 children's 02 i 00 is functioning as an adjective, I think. 0-
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0 Hi Believer 02 br 02 br 00 a college, a journey 02 br 02 br 00 Cheers 02 br 00 CB 0-
- 0 Hi Believer 02 br 02 br 00 a college, a journey 02 br 02 br 00 Cheers 02 br 00 CB 0-
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0 Hi Believer 02 br
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00 a college, a journey 02 br
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00 Cheers 02 br
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01 cite 10 Believer 12 cite 12 br
10 Hi, 12 br
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10 I was looking at the bartleby.com website on possessive constructions and came upon these. 12 br
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11 i 11 u 10 a 12 u 10 women's college -- to indicate a purpose?? 12 i 12 br
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0 Thank you, Incho. 02 br
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00 So to recap the whole thing, if that is possible, it is that genitive can express several things which can include 'possession', 'purpose' and 'classification' , and putting 'a' or 'an' before a noun doesn't necessary mean that the article is modfying the very noun that follows it but rather, the noun that comes after the noun that comes right a
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00 So to recap the whole thing, if that is possible, it is that genitive can express several things which can include 'possession', 'purpose' and 'classification' , and putting 'a' or 'an' before a noun doesn't necessary mean that the article is modfying the very noun that follows it but rather, the noun that comes after the noun that comes right a
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