Josh Roth wrote:
>In a message dated 11/12/1999 1:57:00 AM, Jeffrey@HENNING.COM writes:
>
>>Kristian Jensen <kljensen@...> comunu:
>>
>>> NG - head noun before a genitive modifier
>>> GN - genitive modifier before a head noun
>>
>>While I know what a noun and a genitive is, I don't know what a =
genitive
>>modifier is. Can someone give me a definition and a couple examples?
>
>Well I think it just means the genitive noun itself, so NG would be =
like "the
>brother of James," and GN would be "James' brother." English uses both, =
but
>the second is much more common. Hebrew would be an example of the =
first, and
>Japanese I think is another example of the second.
Just a short confirmation: Josh got it!
-kristian- 8)