possesive case

Guest   Mon Oct 01, 2007 3:10 am GMT
Is it ok to end a sentence with a possessive case?
How should one NOT end a sentance, apart from that?
Guest   Mon Oct 01, 2007 7:51 am GMT
<You mean 's right?>

Is that not the possessive case?
furrykef   Mon Oct 01, 2007 9:18 am GMT
It's actually not really a case. The 's marker is a clitic, which means it can modify a whole phrase, not just a noun. For instance, in the phrase "The King of England's crown", we're not talking about England's crown, but the King's crown; the 's modifies the entire phrase "King of England".

- Kef
Dizzy   Sat Oct 06, 2007 12:13 am GMT
The only rule I can think of would be not ending a sentance with a preposition.
"Where do you come from?" Is incorrect grammar.
"From where do you come?" Is correct grammar.
This is formal English, the sort you'd use with superiors mostly.
Skippy   Sat Oct 06, 2007 1:45 am GMT
Do you mean like, ending a sentence with mine? "That chinchilla is mine" or something? Because that's fine.