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Believer Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Why no article here?

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00In the Bible I have, I saw this in the tenth commandment of The Ten Commandments.02br
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00Tenth. You shall not covet neighbor's house.02br
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00Why is there no article before the word in the genitive (?) 'neighbor's'? 0-
  

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0Double-check your source.00 00There should be “your” (or “thy” depending on your translation) in there.00 00Grammatically, the sentence is incorrect with out it.02br
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10Hi,12br
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10In the Bible I have, I saw this in the tenth commandment of The Ten Commandments.12br
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10Tenth. You shall not covet neighbor's house.12br
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10Why is there no article before the word in the genitive (?) 'neighbor's'? 12
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0Mind you, it written in archaic language.0-
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0 Makes no difference - needs the pronoun.0-
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01cite10Inchoateknowledge12cite10Mind you, it written in archaic language.12br
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10Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's house. (in archaic language)0-
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