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Deiron Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
When to use...
How do you know when you have use this: For example "On the city's main places" or "On the main places of the city". I think the first is wrong because the apostrophe it's only used for a person that owns something, it can't be used for places or thing. Am I right?
Thanks in advance.
Greetings.
Thanks in advance.
Greetings.
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Deiron On the city's main places I believe you are mistranslating from your own language. You probably mean 'squares', not 'places'. I suspect you are a Spanish speaker.
- Deiron On the city's main places I believe you are mistranslating from your own language.
- You probably mean 'squares', not 'places'.
- I suspect you are a Spanish speaker.
- plaza = square; public square lugar = place _______________ The apostrophe- s need not apply only to people, though it almost always is.
- In this case, both forms are used.
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DeironOn the city's main placesI believe you are mistranslating from your own language. You probably mean 'squares', not 'places'. I suspect you are a Spanish speaker.
plaza = square; public square
lugar = place
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The apostrophe-s need not apply only to people, though it almost always is.
In thi
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Well in fact I am xD, but I was not trying to refer to a square, I was just trying to give an example. Thanks now I understand. Grettings
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DeironI was just trying to give an exampleOK.
The preposition 'on' goes with 'squares', but the preposition 'in' goes with 'places', so when you wrote 'on', I didn't think you meant 'places' because we say 'in places'.
Anyway, it turns out that when it comes to apostrophe-s or an of construction, each example is differe
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