Nouns. Genitive forms

A Sample sentences

Ш The company's acquisition astonished everybody in the city.

Ш We need to build up stronger links with Rotaronga's trading partners.

Ш If the lid of the machine is left open, the optics will burn out.

Ш Today's rise in share prices has amazed everyone.

Ш President Clinton's election was widely forecast by the polls.

B Form

The genitive is written with an apostrophe (+ s if the noun is singular) or with the preposition of:

this year's results (= the results of this year)

the last two quarters' results (the results of the last two quarters)

the development of a new distribution network

the prices of all new products

C Uses

1 We typically use the genitive with 's or s ' with the following nouns:

a) human nouns: Clinton's election

b) animal nouns: the lion's share

c) time nouns: the last two quarters' results

d) location nouns: Rotaronga's trading partners; the country's development

e) organization nouns, where an organization is a group of people: the government's decision; the board's reaction

2 We use the genitive with of with things:

the lid of the machine (not: the machine's lid)

the development of management science

3 We can use either the apostrophe form or the of form with organization nouns:

the company's results or the results of the company

the meeting's decision or the decision of meeting

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