Possessive
71double possessive — noun : a syntactic construction in English consisting of the preposition of followed by a noun in the possessive case (as of Bill s in a friend of Bill s) or by a possessive pronoun (as of mine in this brain of mine) and having the same meaning… …
72double possessive — This is a construction such as a friend of my father s and an admirer of hers, in which the possessive state is indicated by of and the possessive form of the noun father or pronoun hers. It is well established in English alongside the simpler… …
73double possessive — noun a) Two or more consecutive nouns in the possessive case, as with St. Pauls Cathedrals vergers ; discouraged on grounds of style. b) Combination of the periphrastic possessive, of x with the possessive inflection of a noun. For example, A… …
74Zero possessive marking — is the absence of the possessive marker s in some nonstandard varieties of English, such as African American Vernacular English leading to sentences like: I went to my father house (I went to my father s house)ee also*Zero at *Zero did *Zero do… …
75double possessive — Gram. a possessive construction consisting of a prepositional phrase with of containing a substantive in the possessive case, as of father s in He is a friend of father s. Also called double genitive. * * * …
76double possessive — dou′ble posses′sive n. gram. a possessive construction consisting of a prepositional phrase with of containing a substantive in the possessive case, as of father s in She is a friend of father s Also called double genitive …
77post-possessive — see post A. 1 b …
78double possessive — noun see double genitive …
79reflexive possessive pronoun — noun a type of reflexive pronoun …
80his — possessive determiner 1》 belonging to or associated with a male person or animal previously mentioned. ↘belonging to or associated with a person or animal of unspecified sex (in modern use chiefly replaced by ‘his or her’ or ‘their’). 2》… …
