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E233 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

What is the difference?

What is the difference between "the future of..." and "...'s future"? I am really confused.
  

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And I am confused, as well, because of the lack of context here. There would be no difference, for example, between "the future of the Smith family" and "the Smith family's future". However, "John's future" works much better than "the future of John".

— Philip

  • And I am confused, as well, because of the lack of context here.
  • There would be no difference, for example, between "the future of the Smith family" and "the Smith family's future".
  • However, "John's future" works much better than "the future of John".
  • [ The reason is that we normally use the apostrophe with the proper name.
  • ] Do you have a specific example that is a problem for you?
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And I am confused, as well, because of the lack of context here. There would be no difference, for example, between "the future of the Smith family" and "the Smith family's future". However, "John's future" works much better than "the future of John". [ The reason is that we normally use the apostrophe with the proper name. ] Do you have a specific example that is a problem for you?
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Thanks! I read this in an article says that "if social is the future of media, then positive news might be media's future " and I fail to get its meaning.Is "the future of " and "...'s future" here just a way to make the expression more flexible?
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