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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
with or without genetive's?
This is John's, Jane's and Haris's hotel.
This is John, Jane and Haris's hotel.
Which one is right? Must we put genetive 's at the end of each proper noun?
This is John, Jane and Haris's hotel.
Which one is right? Must we put genetive 's at the end of each proper noun?
Top answer
Generally, you can put it on the person closest to the object, as you have in your second example.
- Generally, you can put it on the person closest to the object, as you have in your second example.
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Generally, you can put it on the person closest to the object, as you have in your second example.
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Hi,
Would you say the comma in your sentence might be unnecessary since the subordinate clause "as you have in your example" is kind of essential to the overall meaning of the sentence; the writer gave two choices and you kindly chose one to answer the question.
If there were no choices or the choices were not part of the answers, then a comma would serve well but as it seems th
Would you say the comma in your sentence might be unnecessary since the subordinate clause "as you have in your example" is kind of essential to the overall meaning of the sentence; the writer gave two choices and you kindly chose one to answer the question.
If there were no choices or the choices were not part of the answers, then a comma would serve well but as it seems th
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"as you have in your example" is a dependent clause, so it should be separated from the main clause with a comma. It's not really necessary to the sentence. Also, if you moved it to the front, so it was "Yes, as you have in your example, ..." you would also separate with with a comma.
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