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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

possessive pattern

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00Normally, I think the pattern of the majority possessive cases could be explained like this:02br
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01i00from the employees' point of view -- where 'the' goes with 'employees'.02i02br
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00BUT, for the following cases, article do not go with the one that comes right after but with the one that is possessed (possessed?? Is that a right word?).02br
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01i00a men's room02i02br
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01i00a doctors'02i00 01i00conference02i02br
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00Why is that? Is remembering case by case the best way? 0-
  

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01b00The article goes with the 01u00noun02u00:02br
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00the employees' point of view -- the noun is 01i00point02i02br
00a men's room- the noun is 01i00room02i02br
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01i00a doctors'02i00 conference-- the noun is
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0Thank you.02br
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00Why the cases shown previously different from the logic of this?02br
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00a/the teacher's desk -- the noun is teacher and 'a' or 'the' goes with 'teacher', not desk. Why is this different than the previous three.02br
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00Thank you, again.0-
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