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Genitive case question
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gportiglioti
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Genitive case question
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Hello my friends, I was reading an article from newsweek and there was this sentence: " a job he �d held almost since the PC industry �s birth and his puberty." Is it OK to use genitive case like that? What �s the rule? Thanks in advance!! Geovane P.
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27 Mar 2016
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Apodo
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a job he ´d held almost since the PC industry ´s birth and his puberty." Look at it this way. Let �s say the man �s name is John. A job John had held almost since the beginning of the PC industry, and John �s puberty. So John has been working there since he was very young. It is exaggerated of course, it �s not really since his puberty. ;-) |
27 Mar 2016
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gportiglioti
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I read something on the internet today. It says that when we talk about things related to human activity we can use genitive case. I guess that clarified a lot for me! Thanks folks! |
28 Mar 2016
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