Re: [tied] Evening/Night (was Re: The "Mother" Problem)

From: petegray
Message: 36176
Date: 2005-02-09

> English has two genitive constructions (one GN, the other
> NG), so English is of little relevance in this matter.

No. "Bill's hat" is possible in English, but *"hat Bill's" is not. The
other construction is a prepositional phrase, not a genitive.

Peter

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