名词的所有格:
1、s 所有格:
1)构成:
A. 一般词尾+ s.:the teachers office, Xiao Lis sisters husbands mother.
B. 以 s 结尾的复数名词只+ : workers rest room.
C. 不以s结尾的复数名词加s: childrens toys.
D. 复合名词只在最后一个词的后面加 s: my sister-in-laws brother.
E. 表示共同所有的几个名词,只在最后一个词的后面加s: This is Tom, James and Dicks room.
F. 表示各个所有关系的几个名词,在每个名词后分别加s:
Jennys, Jeans and Marys rooms face to the south.
G. 名词短语只在最后一个词后加 s: a quarter of an hours talk.
2)用法:
A. 名词所有格主要用于表示有生命的名词,表示所属关系: Lei Fengs dairy.
B. 用于表示时间的名词: todays paper. an hours drive. Fridays work.
C. 用于表示地理、国家、城市等名词: the countrys plan. the farms fruit. Chinas population.
D. 用于表示由人组成的集体名词: our partys stand
E. 用于表示度量、价值的名词: two dollars worth of books. a pounds weight.
2、of所有格:
1)凡不能用s 属格的情况可用 of 属格表示所属关系:
the City of New York. a map of China.
2)下列情况通常要用of 属格:
A. 当名词有较长的定语时:
the name of the girl standing at the gate.
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