I'm going to my grandmother's house/ grandmother house. Which is correct and why? :roll:
wotcha Senior Member Joined Jun 29, 2010 Member Type English Teacher Native Language Korean Home Country South Korea Current Location South Korea May 12, 2011 #1 I'm going to my grandmother's house/ grandmother house. Which is correct and why? :roll:
freezeframe Key Member Joined Mar 28, 2011 Member Type Academic Native Language English Home Country Canada Current Location Canada May 12, 2011 #2 wotcha said: I'm going to my grandmother's house/ grandmother house. Which is correct and why? :roll: Click to expand... grandmother's house Because it's a house that belongs to grandma.
wotcha said: I'm going to my grandmother's house/ grandmother house. Which is correct and why? :roll: Click to expand... grandmother's house Because it's a house that belongs to grandma.
5jj Moderator Staff member Joined Oct 14, 2010 Member Type English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country Czech Republic Current Location Czech Republic Aug 8, 2012 #3 hughchan2009 said: The first one is correct. Grandmother's house is a house belonging to her. Click to expand... Not necessarily. If she lived in a rented house, we'd still call it Grandmother's house. 'Grandmother house' could be a house named 'grandmother' like 'The [STRIKE]w[/STRIKE] White [STRIKE]h[/STRIKE] House' Click to expand... Highly unlikely. I realise that you are just trying to build up posts so that you can post a link to your survey, but please don't make up answers that could mislead people.
hughchan2009 said: The first one is correct. Grandmother's house is a house belonging to her. Click to expand... Not necessarily. If she lived in a rented house, we'd still call it Grandmother's house. 'Grandmother house' could be a house named 'grandmother' like 'The [STRIKE]w[/STRIKE] White [STRIKE]h[/STRIKE] House' Click to expand... Highly unlikely. I realise that you are just trying to build up posts so that you can post a link to your survey, but please don't make up answers that could mislead people.