Double Genitive and Possessive Forms in English

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Index
0:00 Introduction
1:20 Ellipsis and independent genitive forms
2:42 Join ownership as in "mom and dad's"
2:59 Groups of words like "father-in-law's"
3:27 Review: rules for forming possessive nouns
5:25 Practice: independent genitive
4:55 Local genitive
6:46 Understanding the double genitive (double possessive)
7:16 Review: possessive pronouns
7:55 "A friend of mine" and similar variations
13:06 "A drawing of Jennifer's." VS "A drawing of Jennifer."
14:08 Possessive forms of inanimate nouns: sake, way, worth
15:19 Practice: possessive forms of "worth" (collocations)

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Useful resources on the genitive.
????Biber D. et al. (2007). Longman grammar of spoken and written English. Essex: Pearson Education Limited.
????Greenbaum S. and Quirk R. (1995). A student’s grammar of the English language. Essex: Longman Group UK Limited.

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