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Grammar and Linguistics > saxon genitive for authors
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peiolei
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saxon genitive for authors
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Hi everyone, I have a doubt regarding how to write an author �s title. For example, I don �t know if the correct form is "Dan Brown �s book" or "Dan Brown book", because it is not the book that Dan Brown owns, but the book written by him, but I �m not sure.
Could you help me?
Thanks in advance,
Paola |
26 Apr 2010
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5puravida5
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Hello Paola, "Dan Brown �s book" is the correct way to describe an author �s book. It does show possession...it is his book. It doesn �t matter if he owns a copy or not although I �m sure he has several copies. :)
Just to confuse things a bit, it is possible that someone might say, "The Dan Brown book is a best seller." But I �m sure you are really asking about the possessive which would be Dan Brown �s book.
Cheryl |
26 Apr 2010
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teresapr
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I agree: Dan Brown �s books - possession |
26 Apr 2010
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dturner
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Or...... as spuravida5 states you can set up your sentence like this, In the Dan Brown book, we learn that the protagonist,,,,,,,,
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27 Apr 2010
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