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Sentences with GENITIVAL

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"The genitival form of the noun 'cat' is 'cat's'."
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"In the sentence 'John's car is red', 'John's' functions as a genitival modifier."
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"The genitival construction 'the book of my sister' means 'my sister's book'."
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"In the phrase 'the city's mayor', 'city's' is a genitival form."
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"The English genitival suffix '-'s' is commonly used to show possession."
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"One genitival construction in English is the use of the preposition 'of'."
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"In the sentence 'my brother's house is big', 'brother's' is a genitival attribute."
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"In the phrase 'this book's cover', 'book's' is a genitival modifier."
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"The phrase 'the dog's bone' is a genitival construction indicating possession."
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"In English, the genitival relation is often marked by word order and prepositions."
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"The genitival relationship between 'John' and 'brother' is indicated by the possessive form 'John's brother'."
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"In the phrase 'the book of John', 'John' functions as a genitival modifier of 'book'."
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"The genitival case in Latin is used to express possession or relationship."
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"The possessive pronoun 'its' is a genitival form of the pronoun 'it'."
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"She used the genitival construction 'my sister's friend' to describe the person she was talking about."
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"The genitival phrase 'of the king' shows possession in the sentence 'the crown of the king'."
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"One genitival noun modifies another noun in a possessive relationship."
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"The genitival case in Old English gave way to the use of prepositions to indicate possession."
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"The genitival form of 'boy' is 'boy's'."
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"The noun 'sister' can be inflected for the genitival case by adding an apostrophe and an 's'."
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"In the sentence 'this is John's car', 'John's' functions as a genitival determiner of 'car'."
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"The genitival phrase 'the president of the United States' indicates the possessive relationship between the president and the US."
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"The genitival form of the pronoun 'we' is 'our'."
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"The genitival modifier 'John's' indicates possession in the sentence 'the cat ate John's food'."
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"The word order in a genitival phrase is 'possessor + genitive marker + possessed'."
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"The genitival case is used to indicate association or possession."
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"The genitival form of 'dog' is 'dog's'."
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"The genitival pronoun 'hers' indicates possession by a female."
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"In the phrase 'the color of the sky', 'sky' functions as a genitival modifier of 'color'."
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"The genitival construction 'a friend of mine' expresses possession or association."
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