Words similar to possessive
Example sentences for: possessive
How can you use “possessive” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
If the kids have been good he might buy them un pin's (no, not possessive in French!)—un badge would be too passé.
The story touches on sex farce, but only briefly: This is a tale in which every possessive human act ends up driving the heroine closer--both spiritually and literally--to God.
Safire's syndrome would have been of little concern in the 18th century, before eponyms became fashionable, and, according to Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, before the adjective possessive would modify case.
Take the idiosyncrasy in the use of personal pronouns, that of the lack of, or reluctance to use, accusative and dative cases or even the possessive.
The device is not without its pitfalls however, as witness the following: Henry David's a Restaurant . The combination of the possessive and the apposition creates a solecism unless we assume that a word was omitted--perhaps Pub or Saloon . I have passed the sign several times in the past few years and recently noted that it had been cleaned and repainted, but the apostrophe remains.
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