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Possessive of multiple words
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How do you write a possessive of a noun that has a phrase describing it?
Example:
[The dog at the park]'s food
The food belongs to the dog, not the park. What is the proper way to write something like this?
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How do you write a possessive of a noun that has a phrase describing it?
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[The dog at the park]'s food
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Possible duplicate of "Dobby the house-elf's former owners"
– Jason Bassford
7 hours ago
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How do you write a possessive of a noun that has a phrase describing it?
Example:
[The dog at the park]'s food
The food belongs to the dog, not the park. What is the proper way to write something like this?
word-usage possessives
asked 8 hours ago
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How do you write a possessive of a noun that has a phrase describing it?
Example:
[The dog at the park]'s food
The food belongs to the dog, not the park. What is the proper way to write something like this?
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Possible duplicate of "Dobby the house-elf's former owners"
– Jason Bassford
7 hours ago
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Possible duplicate of "Dobby the house-elf's former owners"
– Jason Bassford
7 hours ago
Possible duplicate of "Dobby the house-elf's former owners"
– Jason Bassford
7 hours ago
Possible duplicate of "Dobby the house-elf's former owners"
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You don't typically use the apostrophe-s possessive for complicated multi-word nouns.
The way you would write it is:
the food of the dog at the park
or, in this case it would sound better to me as
the food for the dog at the park
Little kids and people in a hurry who are speaking casually to their friends might say something like
the-dog-at-the-park-'s food
(sort of by accident), but that construction tends to sound humorous and make us chuckle, even though we do get the meaning.
answered 8 hours ago
Lorel C.Lorel C.
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The dog's food at the park. As asked,the question is senseless.
– Lambie
5 hours ago
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I know what you mean. You mean "(The dog at the park)'s food" :-) This would solve it:
Food of the dog at the park
answered 8 hours ago
TMSTMS
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park's food is really meaningless...
– Lambie
8 hours ago
2
who wrote "Park's food"? Just because you didn't understand what he means and what I meant with the parenthesis syntax doesn't mean we are all wrong... you didn't even try to understand based of my answer and just put downvote. Shame.
– TMS
8 hours ago
You are just playing games with punctuation, which is irrelevant to speech. No one has misunderstood the original question.
– Jeff Morrow
7 hours ago
The punctuation (parentheses) are just means to express the logic of the thing. OMG don't be so limited. How do you know "no one has misunderstood the original question"? Lambie did, and his comments under the question were deleted.
– TMS
7 hours ago
1
Lambie you are either trolling or totally limited.
– TMS
5 hours ago
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You don't typically use the apostrophe-s possessive for complicated multi-word nouns.
The way you would write it is:
the food of the dog at the park
or, in this case it would sound better to me as
the food for the dog at the park
Little kids and people in a hurry who are speaking casually to their friends might say something like
the-dog-at-the-park-'s food
(sort of by accident), but that construction tends to sound humorous and make us chuckle, even though we do get the meaning.
answered 8 hours ago
Lorel C.Lorel C.
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The dog's food at the park. As asked,the question is senseless.
– Lambie
5 hours ago
add a comment |
You don't typically use the apostrophe-s possessive for complicated multi-word nouns.
The way you would write it is:
the food of the dog at the park
or, in this case it would sound better to me as
the food for the dog at the park
Little kids and people in a hurry who are speaking casually to their friends might say something like
the-dog-at-the-park-'s food
(sort of by accident), but that construction tends to sound humorous and make us chuckle, even though we do get the meaning.
answered 8 hours ago
Lorel C.Lorel C.
9,3951 gold badge10 silver badges20 bronze badges
The dog's food at the park. As asked,the question is senseless.
– Lambie
5 hours ago
add a comment |
You don't typically use the apostrophe-s possessive for complicated multi-word nouns.
The way you would write it is:
the food of the dog at the park
or, in this case it would sound better to me as
the food for the dog at the park
Little kids and people in a hurry who are speaking casually to their friends might say something like
the-dog-at-the-park-'s food
(sort of by accident), but that construction tends to sound humorous and make us chuckle, even though we do get the meaning.
answered 8 hours ago
Lorel C.Lorel C.
9,3951 gold badge10 silver badges20 bronze badges
You don't typically use the apostrophe-s possessive for complicated multi-word nouns.
The way you would write it is:
the food of the dog at the park
or, in this case it would sound better to me as
the food for the dog at the park
Little kids and people in a hurry who are speaking casually to their friends might say something like
the-dog-at-the-park-'s food
(sort of by accident), but that construction tends to sound humorous and make us chuckle, even though we do get the meaning.
answered 8 hours ago
Lorel C.Lorel C.
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answered 8 hours ago
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answered 8 hours ago
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answered 8 hours ago
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The dog's food at the park. As asked,the question is senseless.
– Lambie
5 hours ago
add a comment |
The dog's food at the park. As asked,the question is senseless.
– Lambie
5 hours ago
The dog's food at the park. As asked,the question is senseless.
– Lambie
5 hours ago
The dog's food at the park. As asked,the question is senseless.
– Lambie
5 hours ago
add a comment |
I know what you mean. You mean "(The dog at the park)'s food" :-) This would solve it:
Food of the dog at the park
answered 8 hours ago
TMSTMS
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park's food is really meaningless...
– Lambie
8 hours ago
2
who wrote "Park's food"? Just because you didn't understand what he means and what I meant with the parenthesis syntax doesn't mean we are all wrong... you didn't even try to understand based of my answer and just put downvote. Shame.
– TMS
8 hours ago
You are just playing games with punctuation, which is irrelevant to speech. No one has misunderstood the original question.
– Jeff Morrow
7 hours ago
The punctuation (parentheses) are just means to express the logic of the thing. OMG don't be so limited. How do you know "no one has misunderstood the original question"? Lambie did, and his comments under the question were deleted.
– TMS
7 hours ago
1
Lambie you are either trolling or totally limited.
– TMS
5 hours ago
|
show 1 more comment
I know what you mean. You mean "(The dog at the park)'s food" :-) This would solve it:
Food of the dog at the park
answered 8 hours ago
TMSTMS
1172 bronze badges
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park's food is really meaningless...
– Lambie
8 hours ago
2
who wrote "Park's food"? Just because you didn't understand what he means and what I meant with the parenthesis syntax doesn't mean we are all wrong... you didn't even try to understand based of my answer and just put downvote. Shame.
– TMS
8 hours ago
You are just playing games with punctuation, which is irrelevant to speech. No one has misunderstood the original question.
– Jeff Morrow
7 hours ago
The punctuation (parentheses) are just means to express the logic of the thing. OMG don't be so limited. How do you know "no one has misunderstood the original question"? Lambie did, and his comments under the question were deleted.
– TMS
7 hours ago
1
Lambie you are either trolling or totally limited.
– TMS
5 hours ago
|
show 1 more comment
I know what you mean. You mean "(The dog at the park)'s food" :-) This would solve it:
Food of the dog at the park
answered 8 hours ago
TMSTMS
1172 bronze badges
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I know what you mean. You mean "(The dog at the park)'s food" :-) This would solve it:
Food of the dog at the park
answered 8 hours ago
TMSTMS
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edited 8 hours ago
answered 8 hours ago
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answered 8 hours ago
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answered 8 hours ago
TMSTMS
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park's food is really meaningless...
– Lambie
8 hours ago
2
who wrote "Park's food"? Just because you didn't understand what he means and what I meant with the parenthesis syntax doesn't mean we are all wrong... you didn't even try to understand based of my answer and just put downvote. Shame.
– TMS
8 hours ago
You are just playing games with punctuation, which is irrelevant to speech. No one has misunderstood the original question.
– Jeff Morrow
7 hours ago
The punctuation (parentheses) are just means to express the logic of the thing. OMG don't be so limited. How do you know "no one has misunderstood the original question"? Lambie did, and his comments under the question were deleted.
– TMS
7 hours ago
1
Lambie you are either trolling or totally limited.
– TMS
5 hours ago
|
show 1 more comment
park's food is really meaningless...
– Lambie
8 hours ago
2
who wrote "Park's food"? Just because you didn't understand what he means and what I meant with the parenthesis syntax doesn't mean we are all wrong... you didn't even try to understand based of my answer and just put downvote. Shame.
– TMS
8 hours ago
You are just playing games with punctuation, which is irrelevant to speech. No one has misunderstood the original question.
– Jeff Morrow
7 hours ago
The punctuation (parentheses) are just means to express the logic of the thing. OMG don't be so limited. How do you know "no one has misunderstood the original question"? Lambie did, and his comments under the question were deleted.
– TMS
7 hours ago
1
Lambie you are either trolling or totally limited.
– TMS
5 hours ago
park's food is really meaningless...
– Lambie
8 hours ago
park's food is really meaningless...
– Lambie
8 hours ago
2
2
who wrote "Park's food"? Just because you didn't understand what he means and what I meant with the parenthesis syntax doesn't mean we are all wrong... you didn't even try to understand based of my answer and just put downvote. Shame.
– TMS
8 hours ago
who wrote "Park's food"? Just because you didn't understand what he means and what I meant with the parenthesis syntax doesn't mean we are all wrong... you didn't even try to understand based of my answer and just put downvote. Shame.
– TMS
8 hours ago
You are just playing games with punctuation, which is irrelevant to speech. No one has misunderstood the original question.
– Jeff Morrow
7 hours ago
You are just playing games with punctuation, which is irrelevant to speech. No one has misunderstood the original question.
– Jeff Morrow
7 hours ago
The punctuation (parentheses) are just means to express the logic of the thing. OMG don't be so limited. How do you know "no one has misunderstood the original question"? Lambie did, and his comments under the question were deleted.
– TMS
7 hours ago
The punctuation (parentheses) are just means to express the logic of the thing. OMG don't be so limited. How do you know "no one has misunderstood the original question"? Lambie did, and his comments under the question were deleted.
– TMS
7 hours ago
1
1
Lambie you are either trolling or totally limited.
– TMS
5 hours ago
Lambie you are either trolling or totally limited.
– TMS
5 hours ago
|
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Possible duplicate of "Dobby the house-elf's former owners"
– Jason Bassford
7 hours ago