Believer Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Why is that?
0 Hi, 02 br
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00 Normally, the article "the" in situations where it is shown possessiveness, 01 i 00 the 02 i 00 modifies the word or phrase being possessed like this (Is that true??): 02 br
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01 i 00 based on the report of 01 u 00 the IMF'S Independent Evaluation 02 u 02 i 00 (Here, 01 i 00 the 02 i 00 modifies the abbreviations IMF, I think.) 02 br
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00 But, the following case seems to differ, why is that? 02 br
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01 i 01 u 00 the America's position 02 u 00 on this issue 02 i 00 (Here, 01 i 00 the 02 i 00 seems to modify the word "position". Is this an exception to the general ways in regard to the issue I brought out?) 0-
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00 Normally, the article "the" in situations where it is shown possessiveness, 01 i 00 the 02 i 00 modifies the word or phrase being possessed like this (Is that true??): 02 br
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01 i 00 based on the report of 01 u 00 the IMF'S Independent Evaluation 02 u 02 i 00 (Here, 01 i 00 the 02 i 00 modifies the abbreviations IMF, I think.) 02 br
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00 But, the following case seems to differ, why is that? 02 br
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01 i 01 u 00 the America's position 02 u 00 on this issue 02 i 00 (Here, 01 i 00 the 02 i 00 seems to modify the word "position". Is this an exception to the general ways in regard to the issue I brought out?) 0-
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0 I can't think of a context where 'the America's position on this issue' would be correct. Where did you find this? 02 br 02 br 00 Or was it 'the Americas position on this issue' without the apostrophe?
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0 I can't think of a context where 'the America's position on this issue' would be correct. Where did you find this? Can you post the rest of the sentence please? 02 br
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00 Or was it 'the Americas position on this issue' without the apostrophe? That would be correct if it were referring collectively to all the different parts of the American continent (north America, south Am
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00 Or was it 'the Americas position on this issue' without the apostrophe? That would be correct if it were referring collectively to all the different parts of the American continent (north America, south Am
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0 Hi, Nona. 02 br
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00 I made the phrase 'the America's position on this issue' up and I wrote 'America's' because I and, some others too I think, consider the word 'America' 01 u 00 as practically same as 02 u 00 the phrase 'the United States'. Hope that my wording of this makes sense 02 br
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00 Do you think the phrasing of the underlined
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00 I made the phrase 'the America's position on this issue' up and I wrote 'America's' because I and, some others too I think, consider the word 'America' 01 u 00 as practically same as 02 u 00 the phrase 'the United States'. Hope that my wording of this makes sense 02 br
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00 Do you think the phrasing of the underlined
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0 Your underlined part is okay - but while "America" is commonly used as a substitute for "The United States," it's not " 01 b 00 the 02 b 00 America." 0-
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