When do you use it?
What about the statement: Yesterday's rain melted all the snow. (Is this an example? Does the rain belong to yesterday? - ) Please explain your answer.
2007-03-26 23:38:22 · 1 answers · asked by Midwest 6 in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
Yes, the rain belongs to yesterday. If it belonged to "today" the sentence would have said, "Today's rain...." The term "possessive" is hard for some people to understand because it does not always indicate ownership. For example, if you said, "My mother's brother is a good man", that does not mean your mother owns her brother. "Possessive" as a grammatical term is not the same as possessing something legally. In grammar, "possessive" means belonging to a certain WORD, regardless of what the word may mean. So, the word "rain" in your instance goes WITH (not belongs to, in a legal sense) the word "yesterday". I hope that makes sense.
2007-03-26 23:57:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anpadh 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋