China's and India's growth

[00alex00]

Hi I don't know if this sentence is correct.

"Can China's and India's growth change something?" growth is related to the GDP growth.


Thanks

 

[emsr2d2]

When we use two nouns in the possessive, we only use the "'s" (apostrophe + s) with the second.

Can China and India's growth change anything?
Are you coming to John and Sarah's house?
That's Dave and Jeff's car.

 

[teechar]

I would use "China's and India's" in that sentence since we are talking about the growth of two distinct economies.

 

[emsr2d2]

That's a good point. I'd accept either on that basis. Having said that, I might change the order of the sentence to "Can [the] economic growth in/of India and China change anything?"