http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2012/10/20/possessive-controller-for-spar/ A blog mostly about language Fri, 24 May 2013 00:07:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2012/10/20/possessive-controller-for-spar/#comment-39474 Sun, 21 Oct 2012 15:35:38 +0000 http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/?p=12125#comment-39474 Not just kin. See my 2005 ADS handout, “Toni Morrison’s genius puts her in the grammar/usage spotlight”, here.

]]> http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2012/10/20/possessive-controller-for-spar/#comment-39472 Sun, 21 Oct 2012 15:18:54 +0000 http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/?p=12125#comment-39472 This is kin to the argument that says (to use the famous SAT example) “Toni Morrison’s genius allows her to write books….” is ungrammatical because “her” must refer to a noun, and “Toni Morrison’s” is an adjective modifying “genius”.

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