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possessive case::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | genitive, genitive case, possessive |
| Type of | oblique, oblique case |
| Has types | attributive genitive, attributive genitive case |
Examples of possessive case
possessive case
A genitive or possessive case is available as an alternative to the preposition de.
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In his hands, the Court of St. James's, to which all ambassadors to Britain pay their respects, loses its possessive case.
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In English, this survives only in who, which has a possessive case form whose and an objective case form whom.
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Some languages have no distinctive possessive adjectives, and express possession by declining personal pronouns in the genitive or possessive case, or by using possessive suffixes or particles.
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For example, a noun may have separate markers for number, case, possessive or conjunctive usage etc.
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Despite the above, the English possessive did originate in a genitive case.
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Relativised verb forms may, and often do, take nominal possessive endings as well as case endings.
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Possessive pronouns and possessive adjectives agree in person, number, gender, and case.
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Possessive noun phrases inflect for their possessor, as well as for case.
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