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Saxon genitive
I've found this sentence in a book. Is it normal two saxon genitives together?, or is it a mistake?
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is flexible. To express incredulousness you may say. Is it normal? Two saxon genitives together? In writing, and for the sake of clarity you may want to write the sentence in the following manner: Is it normal to have two Saxon genitives together?
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To turn the attention of the world's nations to the problem.... or To turn the attention of the nations of the world to the problem.... You can have strings of Saxon genitives, such as My friend's wife's brother's next-door-neighbour's dog's tail, an alternative to the tail of the dog of the next-door-neighbour of the brother of the wife of my friend, although I would not bother trying to understand either construction. |
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I don't think its wrong, its just an awkward construction. However,the positions of both apostrophes are correct. The average native English speaker would avoid writing such sentences for fear of getting them wrong!
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