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Bassa Posted 15 years ago
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Why?(in American English)

Why?(in American English)

Why do we say "You are the birthday party" and we don't say "you are the birthday's party"?

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Hi, We don't really say either. They are not natural things to say. A coommon thing to say is eg It's your birthday.

— Clive

  • Hi, We don't really say either.
  • They are not natural things to say.
  • A coommon thing to say is eg It's your birthday.
  • eg Today is your birthday.
  • Clive
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Hi,

We don't really say either. They are not natural things to say.

A coommon thing to say is

eg It's your birthday.
eg Today is your birthday.

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We might say "You're the birthday boy/girl." (I can't really explain why "birthday" here is not possessive -- it would never have occurred to me that anyone would think it should be. The boy/girl does not belong to the birthday. "Birthday" is a noun functioning as an adjective, describing the boy or girl.)
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