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30-May-2008, 19:44
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 Re: A question ???????? Surely I am not the only native speaker who finds this rule about never using object's object over-applied. There are absolutely times when you can use the possessive for a non-human element. The building's main entrance is closed, so I'll meet you at the side door. This summer will be my town's 250th anniversary. Look at this table - I like it better. See, the legs on that table are plain and blocky, but this table's legs are carved and pretty. I understand that learners learn a rule and THEN learn the exceptions, but this strong empahasis on NEVER using the 's for an object is not, in my opinion, a reflection of the actual use of the lanague. [not a teacher] paochai01 likes this. |
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30-May-2008, 19:54
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Its not so common, though. |
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30-May-2008, 20:15
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In my part of the world, it is extremely common. I agree with Barb. There is too much emphasis on this "rule". |
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30-May-2008, 20:46
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| Re: A question ???????? Sorry !!!!!! The Word of my computer makes mistakes and write in capital letter on its own so pardon me guys or would you pardon me and thank you |
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30-May-2008, 21:38
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31-May-2008, 04:42
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Adjectives do not take -'s, nouns do. In other words, the noun kitchen functions as an adjective here: Ex: kitchen window [adjective + noun]_______________ Traditionally, there were rules that stated you could not add -'s to nouns that represented non-living things. The most common example was the table's leg  <Modern English speakers use this>the leg of the table  . Today's speakers, however, don't live in the past, and hence tend not to follow those rules. |
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31-May-2008, 07:12
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Thanks for corrections. I typed it at a high speed. I'm not sure about this one, though: "dozen of examples" - Yahoo!7 Search Results |
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31-May-2008, 11:36
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| Re: A question ???????? Thank you |
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01-Jun-2008, 00:41
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1 - 10 of about 849 for "dozen of examples"Hm. (The phrase "dozen of examples" in all its variants is apparently used to mean "twelve".)  |
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