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| the sun rays and the sun's rays the river bank and the river's bank the ship crew and the ship's crew |
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1. could be either - or more likely "sunshine". 2. is more likely to be phrased as "the river bank", or "the riverbank". 3. is almost always "the ship's crew". Note, the first option is often compounded to sunrays, riverbank, but NOT shipcrew. |
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The rays of the sun. The bank of the river. The crew of the ship. I am not a teacher. |
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