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Re: Genitive relationships (WAS: Construct States)

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Thursday, March 4, 1999, 23:01
FFlores wrote:
> Sorry, I think one of us is wrong here. In "man's house", > as I see it, "house" is the head,
Correct, with _di'll of_ being a prepositional phrase modifying the head. -- "It's bad manners to talk about ropes in the house of a man whose father was hanged." - Irish proverb http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-name: NikTailor