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Articles with Countable Nouns Modified by Nouns in the Genitive Case
The Article
Lesson 4
Articles with Countable Nouns Modified by Nouns in the Genitive Case
Genitive Case
| Genitive Type | The Specifying Genitive denotes a particular person or thing. a) He didn’t quite like the fellow’s manner. (the man’s voice, the boys’ books, XRobert’s books) b) She is a neighbour’s daughter. c) There must be some poison in lions’ / a lion’s teeth. d) The poet’s talent is born with him. (Whose manner, voice, books etc.?) Note: These phrases may usually be substituted for by an ‘of’-phrase. | The Classifying (= Descriptive) Genitive Refers to a whole class of objects, to give additional characteristics to the head-noun. (*Similar to the use of adjectives). a children’s book a mile’s distance sheep’s eyes cow’s milk a doctor’s degree (What kind of book etc.?) Note: These phrases cannot be substituted for by an ‘of’-phrase. |
| Reference of the Article | The article refers to the noun in the genitive case (GC). The noun in the GC functions as a determiner to the head-noun. a) The noun in the GC comes first in the noun phrase. b) It cannot be preceded by other attributes referring to the head-noun (they all follow the noun in the GC). the girl’s new English text-book cf. the little girl’s (new English) text-book They saw the old woman’s house in the clearing before them. | The article refers to the head-noun in the common case. The noun in the GC does not function as a determiner to the head-noun. It serves as a descriptive attribute to the head-noun. a) It may be preceded by other attributes referring to the head-noun. What a beautiful doll’s house! The expensive widow’s weeds only emphasized her prettiness. Have a good night’s rest. |
| Choice of Articles | The article is chosen in accordance with the general rules before the noun in the GC. Note: There is no article before: a) a proper noun Margaret’s face b) an adverb yesterday’s concert | The articles are chosen in accordance with the general rules before the head-noun in the common case. a soldiers’ canteen a three miles’ walk |
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