• Lowlee Kun
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    102 years ago

    Pretty interesting read for a non native speaker, i got to say. Thanks.

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      2 years ago

      You can also think of the phrase as replacing the name of the subject of the sentence that we’re trying to say has possession of something. Like a pronoun. So,

      this individual I spotted’s face

      Could be better conceptualized as:

      “this individual I spotted” + 's face, or “his face”

      • Lowlee Kun
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        22 years ago

        Thats actually a good help for me as a german because some people do talk like that. They would say something like “That is peter his car” Instead of “That is peter’s car” (But in german you would skip the ’ )