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Lagataw Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
What kind of adjective is this?
In the sentence This is Michael's book. the word "Michael's" functions as an adjective (I suppose). My question is, what kind of adjective is it? Do we call it a proper adjective or a possessive adjective. From what I've lerned, a possessive adjective should be pronominal and I don't think Michael's is a pronoun.
In the underlined sentence above, did I put the comma correctly?
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Should I put a question mark or a period at the end?
In the underlined sentence above, did I put the comma correctly?
and
Should I put a question mark or a period at the end?
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You will most likely get a wide variety of answers on this. My simple way of looking at it is as a possessive adjective. As for the punctuation, you'll get various answers, as well.
- You will most likely get a wide variety of answers on this.
- My simple way of looking at it is as a possessive adjective.
- As for the punctuation, you'll get various answers, as well.
- In formal writing, it might well be My question is: what kind of adjective is it?
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You will most likely get a wide variety of answers on this. My simple way of looking at it is as a possessive adjective.
As for the punctuation, you'll get various answers, as well. In formal writing, it might well be My question is: what kind of adjective is it?
As for the punctuation, you'll get various answers, as well. In formal writing, it might well be My question is: what kind of adjective is it?
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Philip is so right!
I would not call this an adjective at all, but a noun in the possessive case (i.e. showing an ownership relationship to another noun)
A proper adjective is an adjective that is capitalized:
I like Japanese woodcuts.
The Hispanic culture is strong in America.
This rock is from the Pennsylvanian era.
Many st
I would not call this an adjective at all, but a noun in the possessive case (i.e. showing an ownership relationship to another noun)
A proper adjective is an adjective that is capitalized:
I like Japanese woodcuts.
The Hispanic culture is strong in America.
This rock is from the Pennsylvanian era.
Many st
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The answer was simpler than I expected. You're right, it's a possessive noun. Why did I forget that?! It's high school English where I live.
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Michael is a proper noun, so it is a noun in its possessive case.
Michael's shows the ownership of a person (noun) so it can never be a possessive adjective.
Michael's shows the ownership of a person (noun) so it can never be a possessive adjective.
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Hi;
Some grammar texts describe possessive proper nouns as a determiner.
The book (The is a determiner)
Mike's book. (Mike's is a determiner.)
Some grammar texts describe possessive proper nouns as a determiner.
The book (The is a determiner)
Mike's book. (Mike's is a determiner.)
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