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

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Wordingham"
<richard.wordingham@...> wrote:

>
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "petegray" <petegray@...> wrote:
> > > 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.
>
> Isn't "Bill's hat" a postpositional phrase?

Here's a question. Where does the apostrophe s come from. I am under
the impression that it stands for 'his'. "Bill his hat", or am I
totally wrong?

Peter P