• ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    You can also think of the phrase as replacing the name of the subject of the sentence that we’re trying to say has possession of something. Like a pronoun. So,

    this individual I spotted’s face

    Could be better conceptualized as:

    “this individual I spotted” + 's face, or “his” face

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      11 months ago

      Thats actually a good help for me as a german because some people do talk like that. They would say something like “That is peter his car” Instead of “That is peter’s car” (But in german you would skip the ’ )