A question ????????

I WANT TO ASK YOU
WHEN WE CAN DELETE POSSESSIVE ('S) ?
AND I WANT TO ASK IF WE CAN SAY ( THE KITCHEN WINDOW )
INSTEAD OF (THE kitchen's window)

and thanks a lot

I'm not a teacher.

May I suggest you refrain from using blocks letters as it is akin to shouting in internet language.

Please say 'I would like to ask' rather than 'I want to ask' which is considered rude.

Yes, you can say 'the kitchen window' or 'the window of the kitchen', but not the kitchen's window(object's object) or the bathroom's door.

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Originally Posted by tedtmc

I'm not a teacher.

May I suggest you refrain from using blocks letters as it is akin to shouting in internet language.

Please say 'I would like to ask' rather than 'I want to ask' which is considered rude.

Yes, you can say 'the kitchen window' or 'the window of the kitchen', but not the kitchen's window(object's object) or the bathroom's door.

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Hi, tedtmc.:-D
I don't think 'I want to ask' is rude, but 'I'd like to ask' sounds polite.:-D :-DCapital letters on the internet are indeed considered the equivalent of raising your voice. But... I think the poster(dectator) just wanted to put some emphasis on his/her question. :-D;-)

tedtmc is right. Objects don't have possesions but only humans so never say "today's lecture, sun's rays, PSP's box, etc.". Use "object of the object".

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Originally Posted by tzfujimino

Capital letters on the internet are indeed considered the equivalent of raising your voice. But... I think the poster(dectator) just wanted to put some emphasis on his/her question. :-D;-)

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In my humble opinion, writing whole posts in capital letter looks like shouting and should be avoided at all costs. There are many ways to emphasize, to highlight and to remark questions in a more eye catching and kind way.

No pun intended, mates. ;-)

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Originally Posted by Kraken

In my humble opinion, writing whole posts in capital letter looks like shouting and should be avoidad at all costs. There are many ways to emphasize, to highlight and to remark questions in a more eye catching and kind way.

No pun intended, mates. ;-)

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I see.:-D I wouldn't take it as shouting or rude, but I understand what you mean. There might be some rules on the Internet that we have to bear in mind. Thank you.:up:

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Originally Posted by paochai01

tedtmc is right. Objects don't have possesions but only humans so never say "today's lecture, sun's rays, PSP's box, etc.". Use "object of the object".

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True, but time expressions, organizations and periods of time use 's. Nothing wrong in:
"today's newspaper", "Monday's...." etc.

Sometimes, when I'm given a form to fill in, it reads "please use capital letters". But that's only because, in handwriting, capital letters are easier to read. But since we are actually typing, every single character is 100% legible.
As I said before, I am sure they are not trying to be unpolite, fair enough. But I find it nice to let them know, so in the future they can get along with all of the readers. ;-)

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Originally Posted by dectator

I WANT TO ASK YOU
WHEN WE CAN DELETE POSSESSIVE ('S) ?
AND I WANT TO ASK IF WE CAN SAY ( THE KITCHEN WINDOW )
INSTEAD OF (THE kitchen's window)

and thanks a lot

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We would generally say the kitchen window, unless there was a reason to specify the particular window.

I have to report that the kitchen's window was rotten, but the bedrooms' windows were sound.

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Originally Posted by dectator

I WANT TO ASK YOU
WHEN WE CAN DELETE POSSESSIVE ('S) ?
AND I WANT TO ASK IF WE CAN SAY ( THE KITCHEN WINDOW )
INSTEAD OF (THE kitchen's window)

and thanks a lot

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There are no explicit rules on which occasion we use possesive nouns, in this case i'd use the former "kitchen window" or maybe "the window of the kitchen"