• double possessive

double possessive (suomeksi)

Määritelmät:

• (lb, en, grammar) Two or more consecutive nouns in the possessive case, as with "St. Paul's Cathedral's vergers"; discouraged on grounds of style.
• Combination of the periphrastic possessive, "of ''x''" with the possessive inflection of a noun. For example, "A friend of John's".