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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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when forming a possessive is not good
Hi,
If someone wants to make a possessive out of those words that are long, what should he/she do? Is it OK? I don't know what the underlined committee is if you ask me. It looks like some made-up name.
The committte of pre-conference preparation task force's decision is that it might not be the right course of action for us to take at this time. Sorry to inform you this.
If someone wants to make a possessive out of those words that are long, what should he/she do? Is it OK? I don't know what the underlined committee is if you ask me. It looks like some made-up name.
The committte of pre-conference preparation task force's decision is that it might not be the right course of action for us to take at this time. Sorry to inform you this.
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", but I don't know if there are any rules of thumb. If there are, I would like to know them too. I know that you can say "The guy in the pic's face looks familiar", but I don't know how much more or much less idiomatic it would be to say "The face of the guy in the pic looks familiar".
- ", but I don't know if there are any rules of thumb.
- If there are, I would like to know them too.
- I know that you can say "The guy in the pic's face looks familiar", but I don't know how much more or much less idiomatic it would be to say "The face of the guy in the pic looks familiar".
- We need to wait for a native speaker.
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Hi,
I think that's one of those cases where you would need to say "The decision of the Committee of...", but I don't know if there are any rules of thumb. If there are, I would like to know them too. I know that you can say "The guy in the pic's face looks familiar", but I don't know how much more or much less idiomatic it would be to say "The face of the guy in the pic looks familiar".
I think that's one of those cases where you would need to say "The decision of the Committee of...", but I don't know if there are any rules of thumb. If there are, I would like to know them too. I know that you can say "The guy in the pic's face looks familiar", but I don't know how much more or much less idiomatic it would be to say "The face of the guy in the pic looks familiar".
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Agreed - write "The decision of..."
The only rule is that if it's long enough to make your reader say "Huh?" it's too long.
The only rule is that if it's long enough to make your reader say "Huh?" it's too long.
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