Possessive S: Bugs and Limitations
Last time, I highlighted the advantages of the so-called “Saxon genitive” or Possessive S structure in English. A phrase like “Mary’s plan” requires one word less than the equivalent “the plan of Mary” and if you’ve ever had to write a presentation slide or a tweet...
Creatividad en los negocios
Generar algo nuevo, crear algo que nadie había creado antes, obtener nuevas ideas y tener la capacidad de hacer de ellas algo tangible… La creatividad es eso, creación. Y en este post te contamos su importancia tanto en los negocios como en la vida cotidiana. La...
Combining Nouns: Possessive S and Other Weirdness
In my ongoing mission to reduce PowerPoint text to a minimum, this blog looks at how English uses phrases like “Mary’s phone” to show that one noun “owns” another without the need for prepositions. These short cuts for combining nouns can be confusing for non-native...